Suka K. Frederiksen
Suka K. Frederiksen (born July 18, 1965) is the current Foreign Minister of Greenland. Frederiksen has been a member of the Inatsisartut since 2014 and holds the position of Minister of Independence, Foreign Affairs, and Agriculture since 2016.
Suka K. Frederiksen | |
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Foreign Minister of Greenland | |
Assumed office April 25, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Vittus Qujaukitsoq |
Minister of Independence, Foreign Affairs, and Agriculture | |
Assumed office November 2016 | |
Member of the Inatsisartut | |
Assumed office 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Narsaq, Greenland | July 18, 1965
Political party | Siumut |
Early life and education
Suka K. Frederiksen was born on July 18, 1965 in Narsaq, Greenland. From 2007 to 2010, she completed a management diploma and a bachelor of commerce.[1]
Career
In 1986, Frederiksen started her career as an office clerk and worked for HK Commercial. She spent the next five years at a sheep farm before working briefly at a grocery store in Greenland. In 1994, Frederiksen started a ten-year position as a principal for Narsaq before moving on and held managerial positions in Kujalleq Municipality.[1]
Frederiksen started her career in politics as a city councilor for Narsaq Municipality in 2005. After her position ended in 2009, her next political position came in 2014 when she was elected to the Inatsisartut.[1] During her time at the Inatsisartut, she became the first Minister of Independence for Greenland in 2016. As Minister of Independence, Frederiksen led a committee that began drafting a constitution for Greenland on the basis of a potential independence.[2]
In 2017, Frederiksen was named Foreign Minister of Greenland after Vittus Qujaukitsoq resigned and became in charge of international relations between Greenland and Denmark.[2] During her term as Foreign Minister, Frederiksen declared that a prior complaint by Qujaukitsoq to the United Nations was retracted and that the complaint was made by him alone.[3]
References
- "Suka Frederiksen". Naalakkersuisut. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- Breum, Martin (25 April 2017). "The resignation of Greenland's foreign minister may signal trouble for the premier at home". Arctic Now. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- McGwin, Kevin (19 May 2017). "Nuuk withdraws a human-rights complaint to the UN". Arctic Now. Retrieved 11 October 2017.