Suka K. Frederiksen (18 July 1965 – 21 July 2020) was a Greenlandic politician. Frederiksen was a member of the Inatsisartut (2014 to 2018) and had held the position of Minister of Independence and Agriculture (2016 to 2018) and Foreign Affairs (2017 to 2018).
Suka K. Frederiksen | |
|---|---|
| Foreign Minister of Greenland | |
| In office 25 April 2017 – 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Vittus Qujaukitsoq |
| Succeeded by | Vivian Motzfeldt |
| Minister of Independence and Agriculture | |
| In office November 2016 – 2018 | |
| Member of the Inatsisartut | |
| Assumed office 2014 - 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1965 Narsaq, Greenland |
| Died | 21 July 2020 (aged 55)[1] |
| Political party | Siumut |
| Children | Katti Frederiksen |
Early life and education
editFrederiksen was born on 18 July 1965 in Narsaq, Greenland. From 2007 to 2010, she completed a management diploma and a bachelor of commerce.[2]
Career
editIn 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.[2]
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.[2] 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.[3]
In 2017, Frederiksen was named Foreign Minister of Greenland after Vittus Qujaukitsoq resigned and became in charge of international relations between Greenland and Denmark.[3] During her term as Foreign Minister, Frederiksen declared that a prior complaint by Qujaukitsoq to the United Nations was retracted and that the complaint was made by him alone.[4]
Death
editFrederiksen died on 21 July 2020, at the age of 55, following a long illness.[5]
References
edit- ^ Suka K. Frederiksen begravet (in Danish)
- ^ a b c "Suka Frederiksen". Naalakkersuisut. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ a b 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 Today. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Suka K. Frederiksen er død (in Danish)