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Aleqa Hammond

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fifth Prime Minister of Greenland

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1942-11-13
Active to
2026-02-28

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Key facts

Monarch
Margrethe II
Deputy
Doris Jakobsen
Preceded by
Kuupik Kleist
Succeeded by
Kim Kielsen
Born
( 1965-09-23 ) 23 September 1965 (age 60) , Narsaq , County of Greenland , Denmark
Citizenship
Kingdom of Denmark
Party
Siumut (until 2016; from 2021)
Other political affiliations
Independent (2016–2018) , Nunatta Qitornai (2018–2021)
Education
Nunavut Arctic College
Alma mater
University of Greenland (dropped out)
Website
Official Facebook

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Encyclopedic overview

Aleqa Hammond (born 23 September 1965) is a Greenlandic politician who was the prime minister of Greenland from 2013 to 2014. She is the current leader of Siumut, since 2025, and previously served as leader from 2009 to 2014. She is the first female prime minister of Greenland.

First elected to the Inatsisartut (Parliament of Greenland) in 2005, Hammond was a cabinet minister in the government of Hans Enoksen from 2005 until 2008. After Siumut's defeat in the 2009 election, Hammond became party leader and led the party to victory in the 2013 election. In 2014 she stepped down as prime minister and leader of Siumut, following a case of misuse of public funds.

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