Paul Okalik

Paul Okalik
ᐹᓪ ᐅᑲᓕᖅ
Okalik in January 2001
6th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
In office November 4, 2010 – April 6, 2011
Preceded by	James Arreak
Succeeded by	Hunter Tootoo
1st Premier of Nunavut
In office April 1, 1999 – November 19, 2008
Commissioner	Helen Mamayaok Maksagak Peter Irniq Ann Meekitjuk Hanson
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Eva Aariak
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Iqaluit-Sinaa
In office October 28, 2013 – September 24, 2017
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	Elisapee Sheutiapik
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Iqaluit West
In office February 15, 1999 – April 6, 2011
Preceded by	Territory established
Succeeded by	Monica Ell-Kanayuk
Personal details
Born	(1964-05-26) May 26, 1964 (age 60) Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), Canada
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Alma mater	Carleton University (BA) University of Ottawa (LL.B.)

Paul Okalik MLA (Inuktitut: ᐹᓪ ᐅᑲᓕᖅ, IPA: [paːl ukaliq]; born May 26, 1964)^[1] is a Canadian politician. He is the first Inuk to have been called to the Nunavut Bar. He was also the first premier of Nunavut.

On November 4, 2010, he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.^[2] Okalik represented the electoral district of Iqaluit West in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut until April 6, 2011 when he announced he would be resigning in order to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Nunavut in the 2011 Canadian federal election.^[3] He returned to the Legislative Assembly in 2013 until being defeated in the 2017 Nunavut general election.