Lars-Emil Johansen | |
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24th President of the West Nordic Council | |
In office 2015–2016 | |
Preceded by | Bill Justinussen |
Succeeded by | Bryndís Haraldsdóttir |
2nd Prime Minister of Greenland | |
In office 18 March 1991 – 19 September 1997 | |
Monarch | Margrethe II |
Preceded by | Jonathan Motzfeldt |
Succeeded by | Jonathan Motzfeldt |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 September 1946 Igdlorssuit, North Greenland |
Political party | Siumut |
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]