Simon Olsen (politician, 1938)

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Simon "Aqqalu" Olsen (* 1938 ; † June 8, 2013 ) was a Greenlandic politician ( Siumut ) and entrepreneur .

Life

Simon Olsen began training as a factory worker in Denmark in 1959 . From 1967 he worked in factories in Maniitsoq and Sisimiut . In 1977 he was appointed the first Greenlandic head of a KGH factory. After the KGH was dissolved, the factory was transferred to Royal Greenland .

In 1991 he became a successor member of the council of the municipality of Sisimiut . In 1993 he was elected mayor. In 1999 he handed over the office of mayor to Hermann Berthelsen . In the same year he was elected to Inatsisartut , where he was appointed Minister of Fisheries, Hunting and Acquisitions. In 2002 he was re-elected and retained his ministerial post. After strong criticism, he resigned in November 2004.

From January 2006 to August 2009 he was chairman of the supervisory board at KNI . He died in 2013 at the age of 75.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simon Olsen er død in Sermitsiaq
  2. ↑ Første grønlænder som Fabriksleder in the Atuagagdliutit of October 13, 1977
  3. ↑ a b c Simon Olsen er død at knr.gl
  4. ↑ Candidates for election to the Siumut in the Atuagagdliutit of February 9, 1995
  5. ↑ Kommunalvalg: Hermann Berthelsen genopstiller ikke at knr.gl
  6. ↑ Sjette gang et landsstyremedlem går at Knr.gl
  7. ↑ Simon Olsen ny formand for KNI at knr.gl
  8. ↑ Ny bestyrelsesformand i KNI A / S at knr.gl
personal data
SURNAME Olsen, Simon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aqqalu (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenlandic politician (Siumut) and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 2013