Lars-Emil Johansen

Lars-Emil Johansen
24th President of the West Nordic Council
In office
2015–2016
Preceded byBill Justinussen
Succeeded byBryndís Haraldsdóttir
2nd Prime Minister of Greenland
In office
18 March 1991 – 19 September 1997
MonarchMargrethe II
Preceded byJonathan Motzfeldt
Succeeded byJonathan Motzfeldt
Personal details
Born (1946-09-24) 24 September 1946 (age 78)
Igdlorssuit, North Greenland
Political partySiumut

Lars-Emil Johansen (born 24 September 1946) is a Greenlandic politician who served as the second prime minister of Greenland from 1991 to 1997, and Speaker of the Inatsisartut from 2013 to 2018.

Johansen was chairman of the political party Siumut (Forward) between 1987 and 1997, seated in the Landsting from its creation in 1979. Prior to the creation of the Landsting, he represented Greenland in the Parliament of Denmark from 1973, a position he regained in 2001 and held until 2011. He was also President of the West Nordic Council from 2015 to 2016.[1]

  1. ^ Patursson, Steinar (13 August 2015). "Lars Emil Johansen formaður í Útnorðurráðnum" (in Faroese). Portal.fo. Retrieved 10 April 2016.