Kuupik Vandersee Kleist | |
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.jpg) Kleist in 2008 | |
| 4th Prime Minister of Greenland | |
| In office 12 June 2009 – 5 April 2013 | |
| Monarch | Margrethe II |
| Preceded by | Hans Enoksen |
| Succeeded by | Aleqa Hammond |
| Chairman of the OCT for Greenland | |
| In office 23 January 2012 – 25 September 2012 | |
| Deputy | Jens B. Frederiksen |
| Leader of the Inuit Ataqatigiit | |
| In office 10 June 2007 – 31 March 2014 | |
| Deputy | Aqqaluaq B. Egede |
| Preceded by | Josef Motzfeldt |
| Succeeded by | Sara Olsvig |
| Member of the Greenlandic Parliament | |
| Assumed office 8 February 2002 | |
| Member of the Danish Parliament | |
| In office 20 November 2001 – 13 November 2007 | |
| Member of the Greenlandic Parliament | |
| In office 1995–1996 | |
| Minister of Public Works and Transport | |
| In office 1991–1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Lars Emil Johansen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist 31 March 1958 Qullissat, County of Greenland, Denmark |
| Citizenship | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Nationality | Greenlandic |
| Political party | Inuit Ataqatigiit |
| Spouse |
Aviaaja Vandersee (m. 2012) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University of Roskilde |
| Website | ia.gl/kuupik-kleist |
Jakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist (born 31 March 1958) is a Greenlandic politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Greenland between 2009 and 2013. A member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party, he was the first prime minister not affiliated with Siumut.
Since 2018, he has served as the first chairman of the Arctic Indigenous Film Fund.[1]
- ^ Mitchell, Wendy (9 March 2018). "First board for Arctic Indigenous Film Fund revealed (exclusive)". Screen International. Retrieved 26 January 2024.