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Aleqa Hammond | |
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![]() Hammond in 2013 | |
5th Prime Minister of Greenland | |
In office 5 April 2013 – 30 September 2014 | |
Monarch | Margrethe II |
Deputy | Doris Jakobsen |
Preceded by | Kuupik Kleist |
Succeeded by | Kim Kielsen |
Leader of Siumut | |
In office 2 June 2009 – 17 October 2014 | |
Deputy | Hans Enoksen |
Preceded by | Hans Enoksen |
Succeeded by | Kim Kielsen |
Member of the Danish Parliament for Greenland | |
In office 18 June 2015 – 5 June 2019 | |
Preceded by | Doris Jakobsen |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 September 1965 Narsaq, County of Greenland, Denmark |
Citizenship | Kingdom of Denmark |
Nationality | Greenlandic |
Political party | Nunatta Qitornai (since 2018) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (2016–2018) Siumut (until 2016) |
Education | Nunavut Arctic College |
Alma mater | University of Greenland (dropped out) |
Website | Official Facebook |
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 largest parliamentary faction in the 2013 elections.[1] In 2014 she stepped down as prime minister and leader of Siumut, following a case of misuse of public funds. She was expelled from Siumut on 23 August 2016 after yet another case of misuse of public funds and became an independent.[2] On 31 March 2018 she announced that she would be running in the 2018 Greenlandic parliamentary election for the Siumut breakaway Nunatta Qitornai.[3]