Ane Lone Bagger is the Minister of Education, Culture, Church and Foreign Affairs of

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

. An aircraft mechanic by training, Bagger was employed as a

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, air traffic controller, and

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prior to taking up her current post. She is a former member of the Qaasuitsup Kommunia municipal council. On January 13, 2022, Reuters News reported that she was the victim of an alleged hoax perpetuated by Russian influence agents, in which a letter purporting to be from her was sent to U.S. Senator

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in 2019. The letter claims that Greenland would be conducting a referendum on gaining independence from Denmark, and indicated that closer ties with the United States could be achieved. Senator Cotton was a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and after the letter was received President Trump suggested that the United States was interested in purchasing Greenland. This suggestion was largely scoffed at by foreign policy experts, and never came to fruition.

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