Ane Lone Bagger

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Ane Lone Bagger is the Minister of Education, Culture, Church and Foreign Affairs of Greenland. An aircraft mechanic by training, Bagger was employed as a flight attendant, air traffic controller, and insurance agent prior to taking up her current post. She is a former member of the Qaasuitsup Kommunia municipal council.{{cite web |title=Ane Lone Bagger |url=https://naalakkersuisut.gl/en/Naalakkersuisut/Medlemmer-af-Naalakkersuisut/Ane-Lone-Bagger |website=naalakkersuisut.gl |publisher=Government of Greenland |accessdate=July 22, 2019}} On January 13, 2022, Reuters News reported that she was the victim of an alleged hoax perpetuated by Russian influence agents,{{Cite news|last=Gronholt-pedersen|first=Jacob|date=2022-01-13|title=Denmark accuses Russia, China, Iran of espionage threat|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmark-accuses-china-russia-iran-espionage-threat-2022-01-13/|access-date=2022-01-15}} in which a letter purporting to be from her was sent to U.S. Senator Tom Cotton in 2019. The letter claims that Greenland would be conducting a referendum on gaining independence from Denmark, and indicated that closer ties with the United States could be achieved. Senator Cotton was a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and after the letter was received President Trump suggested that the United States was interested in purchasing Greenland.{{Cite news|last=Neuman|first=Scott|date=2019-08-19|title=No Joke: Trump Really Does Want To Buy Greenland|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/19/752274659/no-joke-trump-really-does-want-to-buy-greenland|access-date=2022-01-15}} This suggestion was largely scoffed at by foreign policy experts, and never came to fruition.