Múte Bourup Egede
{{Short description|Prime Minister of Greenland from 2021 to 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Múte Bourup Egede
| image = Múte Bourup Egede - 2024 (P064386-932290) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Egede in 2024
| office = 7th Prime Minister of Greenland
| monarch = Margrethe II
Frederik X
| term_start = 23 April 2021
| term_end = 7 April 2025
| predecessor = Kim Kielsen
| successor = Jens-Frederik Nielsen
| office1 = Minister of Finance and Taxation
| term_start1 = 7 April 2025
| primeminister1 = Jens-Frederik Nielsen
| predecessor1 = Naaja Nathanielsen
| office2 = Chairman of Inuit Ataqatigiit
| term_start2 = 1 December 2018
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = Sara Olsvig
| successor2 =
| office3 = Minister of Communes, Hamlets, Outer Districts, Infrastructure and Housing
(acting)
| term3 = 2017
| predecessor3 = Martha Lund Olsen
| successor3 =
| office4 = Minister for Raw Material and the Labour Market
| term_start4 = 2016
| term_end4 = 2018
| predecessor4 = Mimi Karlsen
| successor4 =
| office5 = Member of the Inatsisartut
| term_start5 = May 2015
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| predecessor5 =
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|03|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nuuk, Greenland
| death_date =
| party = Inuit Ataqatigiit
| spouse = Sara Biilmann Egede
| children = 3
| alma_mater = University of Greenland
(dropped out)
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Múte Inequnaaluk Bourup Egede ({{IPA|kl|mut͡sːi inɜquˈnaːluk ˈpou̯ʁɔp ˈeːəðə|lang}}; born 11 March 1987) is a Greenlandic politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Greenland from 2021 to 2025. He has also served as Chairman of the Inuit Ataqatigiit since December 2018, and a Member of the Inatsisartut since May 2015.
Early life
Múte Inequnaaluk Bourup Egede was born in Nuuk on 11 March 1987.{{Cite web|url=https://ina.gl/media/2538260/f-faelles-personoplysninger-cv-hverv-og-oekonomiske-interesser-cver-2018-laast-cv-m%C3%BAte-b-egede-da-l.pdf|title=CV – Múte B. Egede|publisher=Inatsisartut|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717132900/https://ina.gl/media/2538260/f-faelles-personoplysninger-cv-hverv-og-oekonomiske-interesser-cver-2018-laast-cv-m%C3%BAte-b-egede-da-l.pdf|archive-date=July 17, 2020|access-date=July 17, 2020}} He grew up in Narsaq and was educated in Qaqortoq before studying cultural and social history at the University of Greenland in 2007. He was the vice chairman of the Greenlandic Academic Student Society from 2011 to 2012. He did not finish his studies and dropped out in 2013 to take over the family fodder company started by his father.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/valgigroenland/en-alvorlig-ung-mand-staar-til-blive-groenlands-yngste-regeringsleder|title=En alvorlig, ung mand står til at blive Grønlands yngste regeringsleder|last=Ildor|first=Astrid|language=da|publisher=DR|date=April 7, 2021|access-date=April 8, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://knr.gl/da/nyheder/m%C3%BAte-b-egede-er-ny-ia-formand|title=Múte B. Egede er ny IA-formand|last=Veirum|first=Thomas Munk|work=KNR |publisher=Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa|language=da|date=December 1, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.altinget.dk/navnenyt/ia-vaelger-ny-formand|title=Grønlandske IA vælger ny formand|publisher=Altinget|language=da|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=July 17, 2020}}
Career
In 2007, Egede was a member of the Greenlandic youth parliament, the Inuusuttut Inatsisartui. From 2013 till 2015 he was the chairman of the Inuusuttut Ataqatigiit, the youth wing of Inuit Ataqatigiit.
At the 2015 Danish general election, Egede was a candidate for the Folketing for Inuit Ataqatigiit.{{Cite web|url=https://knr.gl/da/nyheder/m%C3%BAte-b-egede-stiller-op-til-folketingsvalget|title=Múte B. Egede stiller op til Folketingsvalget|last=Dam|first=Camilla|work=KNR |publisher=Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa|language=da|date=May 27, 2015|access-date=July 17, 2020}} He received 2,131 votes, not enough for a seat in parliament.{{Cite web|url=https://www.valg.gl/resultater|title=Resultater for valg.gl – Valg.gl|publisher=valg.gl|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717125821/https://www.valg.gl/resultater|archive-date=July 17, 2020|access-date=July 17, 2020}}
Between 2016 and 2018, Egede served as Minister for Raw Material and the Labour Market, where he simultaneously – for three months in 2017 – was acting Minister of Communes, Hamlets, Outer Districts, Infrastructure and Housing.
On 1 December 2018 he was elected chair of Inuit Ataqatigiit, succeeding Sara Olsvig. He led the party to the 2021 Greenlandic general elections, where it gained 36.6% of the vote, becoming the largest party in parliament. With 3,380 personal votes, Egede was the candidate with the most personal votes in the elections, receiving upwards of 1,500 more than the sitting prime minister, Kim Kielsen of the Siumut party.{{Cite web|url=https://knr.gl/da/nyheder/mut%C3%A9-b-egede-er-den-st%C3%B8rste-stemmesluger-og-kielsen-halser-efter|title=Muté B. Egede er den største stemmesluger, og Kielsen halser efter|last=Synnestvedt|first=Anne Meisner|work=KNR |publisher=Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa|language=da|date=April 8, 2021|access-date=April 8, 2021}}
On 16 April it was announced that IA had formed a coalition with Naleraq with a 10 member Naalakkersuisut. Atassut, which holds two seats, announced that while it would not enter a pro-independence coalition they would provide support to the coalition.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-16|title=Greenland's left-wing IA party forms new government, vows to block rare-earth mine|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/greenlands-left-wing-ia-party-forms-new-government-vows-block-rare-earth-mine-2021-04-16/|access-date=2021-04-18|website=Reuters}}
Egede was confirmed as Prime Minister of Greenland by the Inatsisartut on 23 April 2021,{{Cite web|url=https://knr.gl/da/nyheder/m%C3%BAte-egede-er-ny-formand-naalakkersuisut|title=Múte Egede er ny formand for Naalakkersuisut|last=Hyldal|first=Christine|work=KNR |publisher=Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa|date=April 23, 2021|access-date=April 23, 2021|language=da}} becoming the country's youngest Prime Minister in history.{{Cite web|title=Her er Mútes Naalakkersuisut|url=https://sermitsiaq.ag/mutes-naalakkersuisut|website=Sermitsiaq|date=16 April 2021 |language=da}} He formed a new government in April 2022.{{Cite web |title=Nyt Naalakkersuisut: Siumut får fiskeri og udenrigsanliggender |url=https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/236495 |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Sermitsiaq.AG |date=5 April 2022 |language=da}}
In response to the ongoing controversy over the spiral case, Egede accused Denmark of committing genocide in Greenland.{{Cite news |last=Bryant |first=Miranda |date=2025-01-06 |title=Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/06/danish-king-changes-coat-of-arms-in-apparent-rebuke-to-donald-trump |access-date=2025-01-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
During the 2025 Greenlandic general election, Egede received 3,276 personal votes, losing to Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who received 4,850.{{cite news |title=Demokraatit-formand overgår regeringschef - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/samfund/2025-01-06-valg-i-groenland/demokraatit-formand-overgaar-regeringschef?entry=635ec33e-509f-41d1-ac28-4d6a42aeaa90 |access-date=12 March 2025 |work=nyheder.tv2.dk |date=12 March 2025 |language=da-DK}}
Political ideology
Egede is the chairman of Inuit Ataqatigiit, a democratic socialist political party.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greenland-election-mining-inuit-ataqatigiit-b1827788.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greenland-election-mining-inuit-ataqatigiit-b1827788.html |archive-date=2022-06-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Left-wing party which opposes major mining project wins Greenland general election|website=Independent.co.uk |date=7 April 2021}} He is an advocate for Greenlandic independence.
Personal life
References
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External links
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- [https://www.norden.org/en/person/mute-bourup-egede Profile] on the website of the Nordic Cooperation
- [https://twitter.com/mutebegede @MuteBEgede] on Twitter
{{Prime ministers of Greenland}}
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Category:University of Greenland alumni
Category:21st-century Danish politicians
Category:21st-century Greenlandic politicians
Category:21st-century indigenous leaders of the Americas
Category:21st-century Inuit people
Category:Inuit Ataqatigiit politicians
Category:Greenlandic Inuit people