Kate Mitchell is a
Labrador
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Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
politician who was the
First Minister
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of
Nunatsiavut
Nunatsiavut (; iu, italics=no, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ) is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous area claimed by the Inuit in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The settlement area includes territory in Labrador extending to the Quebe ...
from 2014 to 2019.
Career
Mitchell's political platform included advocating for seniors, tackling housing shortages, enforcing a recent land claims agreement, and government transparency. Mitchell was elected as the Ordinary Member for Makkovik in the Nunatsaivut Assembly in May 2014. She resigned from her position as First Minister in 2019 after allegations that she acted inappropriately in a housing matter and was replaced by
Tony Andersen. She continued to serve as the Ordinary Member for Makkovik until she resigned from that position in December 2019.
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Inuit politicians
Indigenous leaders in Atlantic Canada
Inuit from Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian Inuit women
First Ministers of Nunatsiavut
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