Kim Kielsen

Kim Kielsen
Kim Kielsen speaking in Helsinki in 2012
6th Prime Minister of Greenland
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2014 Acting: 30 September 2014 – 10 December 2014
Monarch	Margrethe II
Deputy	Anda Uldum
Preceded by	Aleqa Hammond
Leader of Siumut
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 October 2014
Deputy	Hans Enoksen
Preceded by	Aleqa Hammond
Minister for Housing, Nature and the Environment
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 November 2013
Minister for Nordic Co-operation
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 November 2013
Personal details
Born	(1966-11-30) 30 November 1966 Greenland
Political party	Siumut

Kim Kielsen (b. 1966) is a Greenlandic politician, and current leader of the Siumut party, and prime minister of Greenland. Originally a mariner and educated in the police, he entered politics in 2005 when he was elected to the Greenlandic parliament for Siumut and to the municipal government of Paamiut. In the government of Aleqa Hammond, he was the minister for housing, nature and the environment. In October 2014 he succeeded Aleqa Hammond as acting prime minister of Greenland when she stepped down, and was elected as the new chairman of the Siumut party.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} He received 44 of 65 votes.^[7][8][9] On 4 December 2014 his party along with Atassut and Demokraatit formed a new coalition. On 10 December 2014 the new ministers were represented.^[10]

References

Prime Ministers of Greenland Jonathan Motzfeldt (1979–1991) Lars Emil Johansen (1991–1997) Jonathan Motzfeldt (1997–2002) Hans Enoksen (2002–2009) Kuupik Kleist (2009–2013) Aleqa Hammond (2013–2014) Kim Kielsen (2014–)