Aleqa Hammond
| Aleqa Hammond | |
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| 5th Prime Minister of Greenland | |
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In office 5 April 2013 – 30 September 2014 |
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| Monarch | Margrethe II |
| Deputy | Doris Jakobsen |
| Preceded by | Kuupik Kleist |
| Succeeded by | Kim Kielsen (acting) |
| Leader of Siumut | |
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In office 2 June 2009 – 17 October 2014 |
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| Deputy | Hans Enoksen |
| Preceded by | Hans Enoksen |
| Succeeded by | Kim Kielsen |
| Member of the Danish Parliament for Siumut | |
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Assumed office 18 June 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Doris Jakobsen |
| Personal details | |
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23 September 1965 Narsaq, Greenland |
| Political party | Siumut |
| Alma mater | HF at Avannaani Ilunniarnertuunngorniarfik |
| Religion | New Apostolic Church |
| Website | Official Facebook |
Aleqa Hammond (born 23 September 1965) is a Greenlandic politician and member of the Danish Folketing (parliament). Formerly the leader of the Siumut party, she became the country'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.
Born in Narsaq, Hammond grew up in Uummannaq. Her father Piitaaraq Johansen died on a hunting trip when she was seven after falling through the ice. She attended Nunavut Arctic College in Iqaluit between 1989 and 1991, before studying at the University of Greenland from 1991 until 1993. Her studies were never completed.
In 1993, she began working for Greenland Tourism as a Regional Co-ordinator in Disko Bay. In 1994, she used a hotel room and knowingly supplied a credit card which had been blocked (from prior abuse) to cover the kr 5,000 bill, and she was convicted of fraud in 1996. In 1995, she became the Information Officer in the Cabinet secretariat, before working for Nuuk Tourism from 1996 until 1999. Between 1999 and 2003, she was commissioner of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, and also worked on the 2002 Arctic Winter Games. From 2004 to 2005 she worked in the tourism industry in Qaqortoq as a tourist guide.
She was first elected to the Parliament of Greenland in November 2005, and was appointed Minister for Families and Justice. In 2007, she became Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs, but resigned in 2008 officially in protest of the size of the government's budget deficit.
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