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{{Short description|First minister of Yukon}}
{{one source|date=November 2025}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Premier
| body = Yukon
| native_name = {{smaller|{{nobold|{{lang|fr|Premier ministre du Yukon}}}}}}
| imagecaption = 
| incumbent = [[Mike Pemberton]]
| acting = 
| incumbentsince = June 27, 2025
| department = Office of the Premier
| style = {{plainlist|
* [[The Honourable]] (formal)
* [[Premier]] (informal)
}}
| status = [[Head of Government]]
| member_of = {{hlist|[[Yukon Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]|[[Executive Council of Yukon|Executive Council]]}}
| reports_to = {{hlist|[[Yukon Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]|[[Commissioner of Yukon|Commissioner]]}}
| residence = 
| seat = [[Whitehorse, Yukon|Whitehorse]]
| nominator = 
| appointer = [[Commissioner of Yukon]]
| appointer_qualified = with the [[Motion of no confidence|confidence]] of the Yukon Legislature
| termlength = [[At {{ucfirst:{{Canadian monarch, current|genderp=~}}}} Majesty's pleasure]]
| termlength_qualified = contingent on the premier's ability to [[Parliamentary system|command confidence]] in the legislative assembly
| constituting_instrument = 
| formation = October 9, 1979
| first = [[Chris Pearson (politician)|Chris Pearson]]
| deputy = Deputy premier of Yukon
| salary = 
| website = [https://yukon.ca/en/office-premier Office of the Premier]
}}

The '''premier of Yukon''' is the [[first minister]] and [[head of government]] for the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian territory]] of [[Yukon]]. The post is the territory's [[head of government]], although its powers are considerably more limited than that of a provincial premier. The office was established in 1979 when most authority, by an order from Jake Epp, federal minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, was devolved from the appointed commissioner to the leader of the party that had the confidence of the [[Yukon Legislative Assembly]]; for the one-year period immediately prior to this, starting from the first conventional legislative elections in 1978, that leader was one of the members serving with the commissioner's Executive Committee (a Cabinet).

From 1979 to 1989, the term "government leader" was used. [[Tony Penikett]] chose to change the title to premier for his 1989 to 1992 term amid some controversy. His successor, [[John Ostashek]], returned to using government leader, as did Ostashek's successor [[Piers McDonald]]. McDonald's successor [[Pat Duncan]] made the decision to use the title premier upon taking office in 2000 and the title has since remained unchanged.

The current premier of Yukon is Mike Pemberton, leader of the [[Yukon Liberal Party]]. Pemberton narrowly defeated Doris Bill in the [[2025 Yukon Liberal Party leadership election]] on June 19, 2025,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-liberal-party-mike-pemberton-1.7566305|title=Mike Pemberton elected Yukon Liberal Party leader|work=[[CBC News]]|first=Chris|last=MacIntyre|date=June 19, 2025|access-date=November 5, 2025}}</ref> following the resignation of the previous premier, [[Ranj Pillai]], and was formally sworn in as premier on June 27, leading a minority government. The most recent [[2025 Yukon general election|territorial election]] took place on November 3, 2025.

==See also==
* [[Prime Minister of Canada]]
* [[Premier (Canada)]]
* [[List of premiers of Yukon]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|http://www.yukonpremier.ca}}

{{Yukon politics}}
{{Politics of Canadian provinces}}

[[Category:Premiers of Yukon|*]]


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