Mikaela Engell (born 4 October 1956) is a Danish civil servant who served as
High Commissioner of Greenland, a post she has 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
The Inatsisartut ( kl, Inatsisartut; '' da, Landstinget, lit=''the land's-thing'' of Greenland''), also known as the Parliament of Greenland in English, is the unicameral parliament (legislative branch) of Greenland, an autonomous territory*
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(parliament of
Greenland
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), representing the Danish
monarch
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and
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
, and can speak there, but not vote.
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/ref> She is also an ''ex officio
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'' member of the Danish-Greenland Cultural Foundation.
References
The High Commissioner of Greenland at The Prime Minister's Office website
1956 births
Living people
High Commissioners of Greenland
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