Kim Kielsen (born 30 November 1966) is a

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ic politician, who served as leader of the

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party and sixth

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, and then a police officer with

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from 1996 to 2003 in

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and

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Political career

Kielsen entered politics in 2005 when he was elected to the Greenlandic parliament for Siumut and to the municipal government of

. In the

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Aleqa Hammond Aleqa Hammond (born 23 September 1965) 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 l ...

, 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, awarding him 44 of the 65 votes. On 4 December 2014 his party, Atassut, and Demokraatit formed a new coalition. On 10 December 2014 the new ministers were represented. In response to U.S. President

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'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." On November 29, 2020, Kielsen lost reelection to the chairmanship of the Siumut Party to Erik Jensen.

Personal life

Kim Kielsen is married to Judithe Kielsen, and they have two children.

References

1966 births Living people Prime Ministers of Greenland Place of birth missing (living people) Siumut politicians Government ministers of Greenland Environment ministers of Greenland Housing ministers of Greenland Greenlandic Inuit people People from Sermersooq {{Greenland-politician-stub