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Kim Kielsen
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Kielsen at Helsinki in 2012
6th Prime Minister of Greenland
In office
30 September 2014 – 23 April 2021
Monarch Margrethe II
Deputy Anda Uldum
Preceded by Aleqa Hammond
Succeeded by Múte Bourup Egede
Leader of Siumut
In office
18 October 2014 – 29 November 2020
Deputy Hans Enoksen
Preceded by Aleqa Hammond
Succeeded by Erik Jensen
Minister for Housing, Nature and the Environment
In office
7 November 2013 – 23 April 2021
Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond
Himself
Minister for Nordic Cooperation
In office
11 November 2013 – 23 April 2021
Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond
Himself
Personal details
Born (1966-11-30) 30 November 1966 (age 57)
Paamiut, County of Greenland, Denmark
Citizenship Kingdom of Denmark
Nationality Greenlandic
Political party Siumut
Spouse Judithe Kielsen
Children 2
Residences Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland

Kim Kielsen (born 30 November 1966) is a Greenlandic politician, who served as leader of the Siumut party and sixth prime minister of Greenland between 2014 and 2021.

Careers

Past careers

Kielsen was originally a mariner, and then a police officer with Rigspolitiet from 1996 to 2003 in Upernavik and Paamiut.

Political career

Kielsen entered politics in 2005 when he was elected to the Greenlandic parliament for Siumut and to the municipal government of Paamiut. In the government of Aleqa Hammond, 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 Donald Trump'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.

See also

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