7th Prime Minister of Greenland
Mute Inequnaaluk Bourup Egede
(
Greenlandic pronunciation:
[mut?sːi
in?qu?naːluk
?pou???p
?eː?ð?]
; born 11 March 1987)
[3]
is a Greenlandic politician serving as the seventh
prime minister of Greenland
, a position he has held since April 2021.
[4]
He has served as a member of the
Inatsisartut
, the parliament of Greenland, since 2015, and furthermore as chairman of the
Inuit Ataqatigiit
party since 2018.
[2]
[1]
Life and career
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Egede was born in
Nuuk
but grew up in
Narsaq
in southern Greenland. He finished his gymnasium education in
Qaqortoq
before he in 2007 started studying Cultural and Social History at the
University of Greenland
. Between 2011 and 2012, he was the vice chairman of
KISAQ
, the Greenlandic Academic Student Society.
[3]
He did not finish his studies, as he in 2013 dropped out to take over a
family-owned
fodder
company run by his father.
[5]
[1]
In 2007, Egede was a member of the Greenlandic youth parliament, the
Inuusuttut Inatsisartui
,
[1]
and from 2013 till 2015 chairman of the
Inuusuttut Ataqatigiit
, the youth wing of
Inuit Ataqatigiit
.
[3]
[1]
At the
2015 Danish general election
, Egede was a candidate for the
Folketing
for Inuit Ataqatigiit.
[6]
He received 2,131 votes, not enough for a seat in parliament.
[7]
Between 2016 and 2018, Egede served as Minister for Raw Material and the Labour Market, where he simultaneously ? for three months in 2017 ? was acting Minister of Communes, Hamlets, Outer Districts, Infrastructure and Housing.
[1]
On 1 December 2018 he was elected chair of
Inuit Ataqatigiit
, succeeding
Sara Olsvig
.
[1]
He led the party to the
2021 Greenlandic general elections
, where it, with 36.6% of the vote, became the largest party in parliament.
[5]
With 3,380 personal votes, Egede was the candidate with the most personal votes in the elections, receiving upwards of 1,500 more than the sitting
Prime Minister
,
Kim Kielsen
of the
Siumut
party.
[8]
On 16 April it was announced that
IA had formed a coalition
with
Naleraq
with a 10 member
Naalakkersuisut
;
Atassut
, which holds two seats, announced that while it would not enter a pro-independence coalition they would provide support to the coalition.
[9]
Egede is the youngest ever
Prime Minister of Greenland
.
[10]
He was confirmed as Prime Minister by the
Inatsisartut
on 23 April.
[4]
He formed
a new government
in April 2022.
[11]
Politics and ideology
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Egede is the chairman of
Inuit Ataqatigiit
, which is a
democratic socialist
political party in
Greenland
.
[12]
Like the party, Egede is an advocate for
Greenlandic independence
.
[1]
Personal life
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Egede has 2 children with his former partner.
[3]
References
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Veirum, Thomas Munk (December 1, 2018).
"Mute B. Egede er ny IA-formand"
(in Danish).
Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa
.
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a
b
"Grønlandske IA vælger ny formand"
(in Danish). Altinget. December 3, 2018
. Retrieved
July 17,
2020
.
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a
b
c
d
e
f
"CV ? Mute B. Egede"
(PDF)
(in Danish).
Inatsisartut
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on July 17, 2020
. Retrieved
July 17,
2020
.
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a
b
Hyldal, Christine (April 23, 2021).
"Mute Egede er ny formand for Naalakkersuisut"
(in Danish).
Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa
. Retrieved
April 23,
2021
.
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a
b
Ildor, Astrid (April 7, 2021).
"En alvorlig, ung mand star til at blive Grønlands yngste regeringsleder"
(in Danish).
DR
. Retrieved
April 8,
2021
.
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Dam, Camilla (May 27, 2015).
"Mute B. Egede stiller op til Folketingsvalget"
(in Danish).
Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa
. Retrieved
July 17,
2020
.
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"Resultater for valg.gl ? Valg.gl"
(in Danish). valg.gl. Archived from
the original
on July 17, 2020
. Retrieved
July 17,
2020
.
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Synnestvedt, Anne Meisner (April 8, 2021).
"Mute B. Egede er den største stemmesluger, og Kielsen halser efter"
(in Danish).
Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa
. Retrieved
April 8,
2021
.
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"Greenland's left-wing IA party forms new government, vows to block rare-earth mine"
.
Reuters
. 2021-04-16
. Retrieved
2021-04-18
.
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"Her er Mutes Naalakkersuisut"
.
Sermitsiaq
(in Danish).
- ^
"Nyt Naalakkersuisut: Siumut far fiskeri og udenrigsanliggender"
.
Sermitsiaq.AG
(in Danish)
. Retrieved
2022-08-10
.
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"Left-wing party which opposes major mining project wins Greenland general election"
.
Independent.co.uk
. 7 April 2021.
Archived
from the original on 2022-06-18.
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