Kim Kielsen | |
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![]() Kielsen at Helsinki in 2012 | |
6th Prime Minister of Greenland | |
In office 30 September 2014 –23 April 2021 | |
Monarch | Margrethe II |
Deputy | Anda Uldum |
Preceded by | Aleqa Hammond |
Succeeded by | Múte Bourup Egede |
Leader of Siumut | |
In office 18 October 2014 –29 November 2020 | |
Deputy | Hans Enoksen |
Preceded by | Aleqa Hammond |
Succeeded by | Erik Jensen |
Minister for Housing,Nature and the Environment | |
In office 7 November 2013 –23 April 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Aleqa Hammond Himself |
Minister for Nordic Cooperation | |
In office 11 November 2013 –23 April 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Aleqa Hammond Himself |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 November 1966 Paamiut,County of Greenland,Denmark |
Citizenship | Kingdom of Denmark |
Nationality | Greenlandic |
Political party | Siumut |
Spouse | Judithe Kielsen |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Nuuk,Sermersooq,Greenland |
Kim Kielsen (born 30 November 1966) is a Greenlandic politician,who served as leader of the Siumut party and sixth prime minister of Greenland between 2014 and 2021.
Kielsen was originally a mariner,and then a police officer with Rigspolitiet from 1996 to 2003 in Upernavik and Paamiut.
Kielsen 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. He became acting premier in October 2014 when Hammond stepped down and the Siumut party subsequently elected Kielsen as its leader, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] awarding him 44 of the 65 votes. [7] [8] [9] On 4 December 2014 his party,Atassut,and Demokraatit formed a new coalition. On 10 December 2014 the new ministers were represented. [10]
In response to U.S. President Donald Trump's August 2019 interest in purchasing Greenland,Kielsen said the proposal was "not something to joke about",and "Greenland is not Danish. Greenland is Greenlandic. I persistently hope that this is not something that is seriously meant." [11] [12]
On November 29,2020,Kielsen lost reelection to the chairmanship of the Siumut Party to Erik Jensen. [13] [14]
Kim Kielsen is married to Judithe Kielsen,and they have two children. [15]
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