Vivian Motzfeldt

Greenlandic politician

Vivian Motzfeldt

Speaker of the Inatsisartut
In office 3 October 2018 – 16 April 2021
Prime Minister	Kim Kielsen
Preceded by	Hans Enoksen
Succeeded by	Hans Enoksen
Deputy Chairman of Siumut
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
Prime Minister	Kim Kielsen
Leader	Erik Jensen
Naalakkersuisoq for Foreign Affairs
In office 2018–2020
Prime Minister	Kim Kielsen
Succeeded by	Kim Kielsen
Minister of Education, Culture and Church
In office 2018–2020
Prime Minister	Kim Kielsen
Succeeded by	Ane Lone Bagger

Personal details
Born	10 June 1972 Upernaviarsuk, Kujalleq, Greenland
Citizenship	Denmark
Nationality	Greenlandic
Political party	Siumut
Children	2
Residence(s)	Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland
Alma mater	University of Greenland

Vivian Motzfeldt is a Greenlandic politician who was the speaker of the Inatsisartut, the Parliament of Greenland,^[1] and the deputy chairwoman of Siumut.^[2] In the fifth cabinet of Kim Kielsen, Motzfeldt was the minister of education, culture, church and foreign affairs.^[3]

Early life and education

Motzfedlt was born on 10 June 1972. At seven years old, she moved to a boarding school in Qaqortoq. Each Christmas, she and her siblings went back to their hometown of Upernaviarsuk, an experimental site for agriculture in southern Greenland. She spent Christmas at her childhood home until she was 17, when she went to the United States on an exchange study. She returned to Greenland to study to be a teacher in Nuuk. From 1998 to 2000, she attended the University of Greenland where she studied cultural and social history of Greenland. She then had a teaching career, first in Nuuk until 2007, and then in Qaqortoq from 2010 to 2014.

References

^ "President of Inatsisartut". Inatsisartut. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
^ Breum, Martin (30 November 2020). "New political leader in Greenland: "We are on the path towards independence"". High North News.
^ "Michel Barnier: Meets Vivian Motzfeldt, Minister of Education, Culture, Church and Foreign Affairs of Greenland, Brussel". Europa Nu. European Commission.
- Jacobsen, Marc (25 May 2018). "Greenland's Foreign Minister: Arctic attention means a lot". High North News.