Malik Berthelsen
Malik Berthelsen is a Greenlandic politician serving as the Mayor of Qeqqata, chairman of the Qeqqata municipal council, and a former member of the Parliament of Greenland, the Inatsisartut.[1][2]
Malik Berthelsen | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Qeqqata | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Hermann Berthelsen |
| Member of the Inatsisartut | |
| In office 2009–2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | Denmark |
| Nationality | Greenlandic |
| Political party | Siumut |
| Residence(s) | Sisimiut, Qeqqata, Greenland |
Political career
From 2009 to 2013, Berthelsen was a member of the Inatsisartut.
In the 2017 Greenlandic local elections, Berthelsen was elected mayor of Qeqqata, succeeding Hermann Berthelsen who had previously been mayor since 1999.
Berthelsen has focused on transportation and has been a proponent of the construction of a road would connect Sisimiut to Kangerlussuaq.[3] This would be Greenland's first ever road project linking one settlement to another.[4][5]
References
- Olsen, Dorthe. "Malik Berthelsen: - I went to the polls to become mayor". Sermitsiaq. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- "Malik Berthelsen udnævnt som Børneambassadør". KNR (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- "Qeqqata Kommunia i glæde over vejprojekt: Nu skal vi have kage". KNR (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- Wenger, Dr Michael. "First overland road project between Greenlandic towns". Polarjournal. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- "Greenland's first road project connecting settlements clears its last hurdle". Nunatsiaq News. 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
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