Paneeraq Olsen (born 26 December 1958 in

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) is a

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ic politician ( Naleraq) and civil servant. She became Minister for Children, Youth and Families in the

Egede cabinet The first cabinet of Múte Bourup Egede was the Greenlandic government from 23 April 2021 to 4 April 2022. It was a coalition consisting of the left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit and the centrist Naleraq. It was replaced by the Egede's second cabinet, ...

in 2021.

Political career

Paneeraq Olsen was elected to

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(the parliament of Greenland) and the municipal council of Qeqqata in the elections in 2021. She received 99 votes in the Inatsisartut election. On 27 September 2021, Olsen was appointed minister for children, young people and families, where she replaced Mimi Karlsen ( IA) who had temporarily held the post since Eqaluk Høegh (IA) had withdrew from the

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for health reasons the month before.

Education and career

Olsen graduated from highschool in Nuuk 1992 and she is MPA from Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland), Nuuk 1999. She was ministerial secretary for Hans Enoksen from 2001 to 2004. Olsen was municipal director in the former

Sisimiut Municipality Sisimiut Municipality was a municipality in Greenland until 31 December 2008. Its administrative center was Sisimiut. Within its borders were also the settlements of Itilleq and Sarfannguaq, as well as the settlement of Kangerlussuaq, which has ...

from 2004 to 2008, and after Greenland's municipal reform municipal director in

Qeqqata Municipality Qeqqata (, da, Centrum, lit=Centre) is a municipality in western Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The municipality was named after its location in the central-western part of the country. Its population is 9,378 as of January 2020. Th ...

from 2009 til 2019.

References

1958 births Living people 21st-century Greenlandic politicians Naleraq politicians Government ministers of Greenland Women members of the Parliament of Greenland Members of the Parliament of Greenland Greenlandic city councillors People from Sisimiut {{DEFAULTSORT:Olsen, Paneeraq