Mikaela Engell | |
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6th High Commissioner of Greenland | |
In office 1 February 2011 –30 April 2022 | |
Monarch | Margrethe II |
Preceded by | Søren Hald Møller |
Succeeded by | Julie Præst Wilche |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 October 1956 |
Citizenship | Kingdom of Denmark |
Nationality | Danish |
Mikaela Engell (born 4 October 1956) is a Danish civil servant who served as High Commissioner of Greenland,a post she held from 2011 to 2022. She had previously worked in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs,first as a Permanent Secretary and later as a counselor.
As High Commissioner,Engell had a seat in the Inatsisartut (parliament of Greenland),representing the Danish monarch and government,and can speak there,but not vote. [1] She is also an ex officio member of the Danish-Greenland Cultural Foundation.
Greenland is a North American island autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the larger of two autonomous territories within the Kingdom,the other being the Faroe Islands;the citizens of both territories are full citizens of Denmark. As Greenland is one of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union,citizens of Greenland are European Union citizens. The capital and largest city of Greenland is Nuuk. Greenland lies between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans,east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the world's largest island,and is the location of the northernmost point of land in the world –Kaffeklubben Island off the northern coast is the world's northernmost undisputed point of land,and Cape Morris Jesup on the mainland was thought to be so until the 1960s.
The politics of Greenland,an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark,function in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency,whereby the prime minister is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament Inatsisartut. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Greenland has full autonomy on most matters,except on policies and decisions affecting the region including negotiations with the devolved legislatures and the Folketing.
Hans Engell is a Danish former politician and journalist,who until 6 September 2007 was the editor-in-chief of the tabloid Ekstra Bladet,a position he had held for seven years. As a member of the Conservative People's Party,he was Defence Minister of Denmark between 1982 and 1987,Justice Minister between 1989 and 1993,and leader of the party from 1993 to 1997,until he retired in disgrace after a drunk-driving incident.
The Danish Realm,officially the Kingdom of Denmark,or simply Denmark,is a sovereign state and refers to the area over which the monarch of Denmark is head of state. It consists of metropolitan Denmark—the kingdom's territory in continental Europe and sometimes called "Denmark proper" —and the realm's two autonomous regions:the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. The relationship between the three parts of the Kingdom is also known as The unity of the Realm.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Greenland:
Naalakkersuisut is the chief executive body and the government of Greenland since the island became self-governing in 1979. An autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark,Greenland is a parliamentary representative democratic territory,in which the premier leads the cabinet,and of a multi-party system.
Søren Hald Møller was the High Commissioner of Greenland. He has a master's degree in social science from Aalborg University,which he received in 1984. He is married to Tukummeq Qaavigaq. In 2007 he became a Knight of the Dannebrog.
Maliina Abelsen was the General Manager for Arctic Winter Games 2016 and is a former Greenlandic politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA),holding the position of the Minister for Finance in the Government of Greenland,in office from 2011 to 2013. Between June 2009 and March 2011,Abelsen held the position of the Minister for Social Affairs in the Government of Greenland. Since 2020,Abelsen has been programme manager for UNICEF Denmark in Greenland.
Aleqa Hammond is a Greenlandic politician and former member of the Danish Folketing (parliament). Formerly the leader of the Siumut party,she became Greenland's first female prime minister after her party emerged as the largest parliamentary faction in the 2013 elections. In 2014 she stepped down as prime minister and leader of Siumut,following a case of misuse of public funds. She was expelled from Siumut on 23 August 2016 after yet another case of misuse of public funds and became an independent. On 31 March 2018 she announced that she would be running in the 2018 Greenlandic parliamentary election for the Siumut breakaway Nunatta Qitornai.
The Judiciary of Greenland consists of 4 district courts,the Court of Greenland,and the High Court of Greenland.
Events in the year 2018 in Greenland.
The High Commission of Denmark in Greenland is a Danish institution in Greenland.
Events in the year 2021 in Greenland.
Birgitte Sigrid Frieda Engell née Engel (1882–1973) was a German-born Danish operatic soprano who initially performed in operas in Wiesbaden and Berlin before moving to the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. After the First World War she increasingly specialized in concerts,giving recitals in several European countries and North America until the early 1930s. In later life she settled in Copenhagen where she taught voice.
Events in the year 2020 in Greenland.
Julie Præst Wilche is a Danish civil servant and diplomat. Since 2022,she serves as High Commissioner of Greenland.
Events in the year 2019 in Greenland.
Events in the year 2017 in Greenland.