Prime Minister of Greenland

The prime minister of Greenland (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), also known as the premier of Greenland,<ref>Members of the Cabinet Template:Webarchive Government of Greenland</ref> is the head of government of Greenland, a territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. The prime minister is usually the person who is leader of the majority party in the Parliament of Greenland. Jonathan Motzfeldt became the first prime minister after home rule was granted to Greenland in 1979. The present prime minister is Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

List of prime ministers of Greenland

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Party		Elected	Cabinet(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Jonathan Motzfeldt Template:Small	1 May 1979	18 March 1991	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Siumut	1979 1983 1984 1987	Motzfeldt I–II–III–IV
2		Lars-Emil Johansen Template:Small	18 March 1991	19 September 1997	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Siumut	1991 1995	Johansen
Template:Small		Jonathan Motzfeldt Template:Small	19 September 1997	14 December 2002	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Siumut	1999	Motzfeldt V–VI
3		Hans Enoksen Template:Small	14 December 2002	12 June 2009	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Siumut	2002 2005	Enoksen I–II
4		Kuupik Kleist Template:Small	12 June 2009	5 April 2013	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Inuit Ataqatigiit	2009	Kleist I–II
5		Aleqa Hammond Template:Small	5 April 2013	30 September 2014	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Siumut	2013	Hammond
6		Kim Kielsen Template:Small	30 September 2014	23 April 2021	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Siumut	2014 2018	Kielsen I–II–III–IV–V–VI–VII
7		Múte Bourup Egede Template:Small	23 April 2021	7 April 2025	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Inuit Ataqatigiit	2021	Egede I–II
8		Jens-Frederik Nielsen Template:Small	7 April 2025	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Demokraatit	2025	Nielsen

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See also

• List of governors of Greenland