Josiah Patkotak | |
Term Start: | October 10, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Harry Brower |
Office1: | Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives |
Termlabel1: | Acting |
Term Start1: | February 4, 2021 |
Term End1: | February 11, 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Bryce Edgmon |
Successor1: | Louise Stutes |
State House2: | Alaska |
District2: | 40th |
Term Start2: | January 11, 2021 |
Term End2: | October 10, 2023 |
Predecessor2: | John Lincoln |
Successor2: | Thomas Baker |
Birth Date: | 22 March 1994 |
Birth Place: | Barrow, Alaska, U.S. |
Party: | Independent |
Josiah Aullaqsruaq Patkotak (born March 22, 1994) (last name pronounced Patkutaq in Iñupiaq) is an Iñupiaq politician from Alaska. He represented District 40 as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.[1] Patkotak defeated another Iñupiaq candidate, Elizabeth Niiqsik Ferguson (D), for the seat by a margin of 200 votes following the retirement of John Lincoln.[2]
Patkotak resigned from the Alaska House in October 2023 after being elected as mayor of North Slope Borough.[3]
Patkotak is registered as an independent politician.[4] He played the lead role in Andrew Okpeaha MacLean's On the Ice (2011).