Josef Motzfeldt | |
Birth Name: | Josef Tuusi Motzfeldt |
Citizenship: | Kingdom of Denmark |
Nationality: | Greenlandic |
Birth Date: | 24 November 1941 |
Birth Place: | Igaliko, South Greenland |
Office: | Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs |
Term Start: | 2009 |
Term End: | 2013 |
Office4: | Leader Inuit Community Party |
Occupation: | Politician |
Children: | Nukâka Coster-Waldau |
Relatives: | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (son-in-law) |
Josef Tuusi Motzfeldt[1] [2] (born 24 November 1941) is a Greenlandic politician of Inuit and German descent. He served as Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs in the Greenland government of 2009–2013. During his political career, Motzfeldt had been president of the West Nordic Council, a member of the Parliament of Greenland, leader of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party and the Chairman of Parliament. His daughter is Nukâka Coster-Waldau, a Greenlandic singer and actress.