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{{Short description|Head of the government of Greenland}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Prime Minister
| body = Greenland
| native_name = {{small|{{lang|kl|Naalakkersuisut Siulittaasuat}}}}
| insignia = Coat of arms of Greenland.svg
| insigniasize = 75
| insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Greenland]]
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| flagcaption = [[Flag of Greenland]]
| image = Nordic Prime Ministers' Summer Meeting at in Finland on 26 May 2025 - 87 (cropped).jpg
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| incumbent = [[Jens-Frederik Nielsen]]
| acting = 
| incumbentsince = 7 April 2025
| department = [[Naalakkersuisut|Government of Greenland]]
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| status = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]<br />(diplomatic)<ref>[https://www.un.int/protocol/], Protocol and Liaison Service, [[United Nations]].</ref>
| abbreviation = 
| member_of = [[Cabinet of Greenland]]
| reports_to = 
| residence = {{ill|B-29 (Greenland)|lt=B-29|da|B-29 (Grønland)}}
| seat = [[Inatsisartut]], [[Nuuk]]
| nominator = 
| appointer = [[Inatsisartut|Parliament]]
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| termlength = Four years, renewable
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| precursor = [[List of governors of Greenland|Governor of Greenland]]
| formation = 1 May 1979
| first = [[Jonathan Motzfeldt]]
| last = 
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}}{{Politics of Greenland}}

The '''prime minister of Greenland''' ({{langx|kl|Naalakkersuisut siulittaasuat||Leader of the government}}; {{langx|da|Landsstyreformand}}), also known as the '''premier of Greenland''',<ref>[http://uk.nanoq.gl/Emner/Government/the_cabinet.aspx Members of the Cabinet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126232123/http://uk.nanoq.gl/Emner/Government/the_cabinet.aspx|date=2013-01-26}} 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==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(born–died)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Party
! rowspan=2| Elected
! rowspan=2| Cabinet(s)
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! 1
| [[File:Jonathan Motzfeldt 2003 (3x4 cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Jonathan Motzfeldt]]'''<br>{{small|(1938–2010)}}
| 1 May 1979
| 18 March 1991
| {{ayd|1979|05|01|1991|03|18}}
! style="background:{{party color|Siumut}};" |
| [[Siumut]]
| [[Greenlandic general election, 1979|1979]]<br>[[Greenlandic general election, 1983|1983]]<br>[[Greenlandic general election, 1984|1984]]<br>[[Greenlandic general election, 1987|1987]]
| [[Motzfeldt I cabinet|Motzfeldt I]]–[[Motzfeldt II cabinet|II]]–[[Motzfeldt III cabinet|III]]–[[Motzfeldt IV cabinet|IV]]
|-
! 2
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Lars-Emil Johansen]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1946)}}
| 18 March 1991
| 19 September 1997
| {{ayd|1991|03|18|1997|09|19}}
! style="background:{{party color|Siumut}};" |
| [[Siumut]]
| [[Greenlandic general election, 1991|1991]]<br>[[Greenlandic general election, 1995|1995]]
| [[Johansen cabinet|Johansen]]
|-
! {{small|(1)}}
| [[File:Jonathan Motzfeldt 2003 (3x4 cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Jonathan Motzfeldt]]'''<br>{{small|(1938–2010)}}
| 19 September 1997
| 14 December 2002
| {{ayd|1997|09|19|2002|12|14}}
! style="background:{{party color|Siumut}};" |
| [[Siumut]]
| [[Greenlandic general election, 1999|1999]]
| [[Motzfeldt V cabinet|Motzfeldt V]]–[[Motzfeldt VI cabinet|VI]]
|-
! 3
| [[File:Landsstyreformand Hans Enoksen til Folkeafstemning i Multihallen i Nuuk med Pipaluk Petersen pa 5 ar (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Hans Enoksen]]'''<br>{{small|(1956–2025)}}
| 14 December 2002
| 12 June 2009
| {{ayd|2002|12|14|2009|06|12}}
! style="background:{{party color|Siumut}};" |
| [[Siumut]]
| [[Greenlandic general election, 2002|2002]]<br>[[Greenlandic general election, 2005|2005]]
| [[Enoksen I cabinet|Enoksen I]]–[[Enoksen II cabinet|II]]
|-
! 4
| [[File:Kuupik Kleist (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Kuupik Kleist]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1958)}}
| 12 June 2009
| 5 April 2013
| {{ayd|2009|06|12|2013|04|05}}
! style="background:{{party color|Inuit Ataqatigiit}};" |
| [[Inuit Ataqatigiit]]
| [[Greenlandic general election, 2009|2009]]
| [[Kleist I cabinet|Kleist I]]–[[Kleist II cabinet|II]]
|-
! 5
| [[File:Aleqa Hammond (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Aleqa Hammond]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1965)}}
| 5 April 2013
| 30 September 2014
| {{ayd|2013|04|05|2014|09|30}}
! style="background:{{party color|Siumut}};" |
| [[Siumut]]
| [[Greenlandic general election, 2013|2013]]
| [[Hammond cabinet|Hammond]]
|-
! 6
| [[File:Kim Kielsen. Nordiska raoedets session i Helsingfors 2012 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Kim Kielsen]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1966)}}
| 30 September 2014
| 23 April 2021
| {{ayd|2014|09|30|2021|04|23}}
! style="background:{{party color|Siumut}};" |
| [[Siumut]]
| [[Greenlandic general election, 2014|2014]]<br>[[Greenlandic general election, 2018|2018]]
| [[Kielsen I Cabinet|Kielsen I]]–[[Kielsen II Cabinet|II]]–[[Kielsen III Cabinet|III]]–[[Kielsen IV Cabinet|IV]]–[[Kielsen V Cabinet|V]]–[[Kielsen VI Cabinet|VI]]–[[Kielsen VII Cabinet|VII]]
|-
! 7
| [[File:Múte Bourup Egede - 2024 (P064386-932290) (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Múte Bourup Egede]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1987)}}
| 23 April 2021
| 7 April 2025
| {{ayd|2021|04|23|2025|04|07}}
! style="background:{{party color|Inuit Ataqatigiit}};" |
| [[Inuit Ataqatigiit]]
| [[2021 Greenlandic general election|2021]]
| [[Egede cabinet|Egede I]]–[[Second Egede cabinet|II]]
|-
! 8
| [[File:Nordic Prime Ministers' Summer Meeting at in Finland on 26 May 2025 - 87 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Jens-Frederik Nielsen]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1991)}}
| 7 April 2025
| ''Incumbent''
| {{ayd|2025|04|07}}
! style="background:{{party color|Democrats (Greenland)}};" |
| [[Demokraatit]]
| [[2025 Greenlandic general election|2025]]
| [[Nielsen cabinet|Nielsen]]
|}

==Timeline==
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==See also==
*[[List of governors of Greenland]]

==References==
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{{Greenland topics}}
{{Prime Minister of Greenland}}
{{Prime Minister}}

[[Category:Lists of prime ministers by country|Greenland, List of Prime Ministers of]]
[[Category:Prime ministers of Greenland| ]]
[[Category:Lists of office-holders in Greenland|Prime Ministers of Greenland]]