Josiah Patkotak | |
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Aullaqsruaq | |
![]() Patkotak in November 2023 | |
Mayor of North Slope Borough | |
Assumed office October 10, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Harry Brower |
Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives | |
Acting February 4, 2021 – February 11, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Bryce Edgmon |
Succeeded by | Louise Stutes |
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 40th district | |
In office January 11, 2021 – October 10, 2023 | |
Preceded by | John Lincoln |
Succeeded by | Thomas Baker |
Personal details | |
Born | Barrow, Alaska, U.S. | March 22, 1994
Political party | Independent |
Josiah Aullaqsruaq Patkotak (born March 22, 1994) (last name pronounced Patkutaq in Iñupiaq) is an Iñupiaq politician from Alaska. He represented District 40 as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.[1] Patkotak defeated another Iñupiaq candidate, Elizabeth Niiqsik Ferguson (D), for the seat by a margin of 200 votes following the retirement of John Lincoln.[2]
Patkotak resigned from the Alaska House in October 2023 after being elected as mayor of North Slope Borough.[3]
Patkotak is registered as an Independent politician.[4] He played the lead role in Andrew Okpeaha MacLean's On the Ice (2011).