Paul Okalik

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Paul Okalik is a Canadian Inuit politician and lawyer who became the first premier of the territory of Nunavut upon its creation in 1999.

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Paul Okalik canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Inuit person ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship North America ⓘ
countryOfActivity Canada ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1964-05-26 ⓘ
educatedAt Nunavut Arctic College ⓘ
University of Ottawa ⓘ
endTimeAsPremierOfNunavut 2008 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Inuit ⓘ
familyName Okalik ⓘ
fieldOfStudy law ⓘ
givenName Paul ⓘ
hasJurisdictionAsPremier Government of Nunavut ⓘ
inceptionOfPositionAsPremier 1999 ⓘ
knownFor role in establishing Nunavut’s governmental institutions ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ
legalProfession barrister ⓘ
solicitor ⓘ
legalStatus called to the bar in Nunavut ⓘ
called to the bar in the Northwest Territories ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
Nunavut Liberal Party ⓘ
name Paul Okalik ⓘ
notableFor being the first Inuk to serve as premier of a Canadian territory ⓘ
being the first premier of Nunavut ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup non-partisan consensus government of Nunavut ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories, Canada ⓘ
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General of Nunavut ⓘ
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ
Minister of Justice of Nunavut ⓘ
Premier of Nunavut ⓘ
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ
precededByInOffice position created ⓘ
regionOfActivity Nunavut ⓘ
residence Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Iqaluit
startTimeAsPremierOfNunavut 1999 ⓘ
succeededByAsPremierOfNunavut Eva Aariak ⓘ

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Premier of Nunavut → firstHolder → Paul Okalik ⓘ
Paul Okalik → name → Paul Okalik ⓘ