Malik Berthelsen Explained

Office:	Mayor of Qeqqata
Term Start:	2017
Predecessor:	Hermann Berthelsen
Office2:	Member of the Inatsisartut
Termend2:	2013
Termstart2:	2009
Citizenship:	Denmark
Nationality:	Greenlandic
Residence:	Sisimiut, Qeqqata, Greenland
Party:	Siumut

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]}

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olsen . Dorthe . Malik Berthelsen: - I went to the polls to become mayor . Sermitsiaq . 5 January 2021.
2. Web site: Malik Berthelsen udnævnt som Børneambassadør. 2021-01-13. KNR. da.
3. Web site: Qeqqata Kommunia i glæde over vejprojekt: Nu skal vi have kage. 2021-01-13. KNR. da.
4. Web site: Wenger. Dr Michael. First overland road project between Greenlandic towns. 2021-01-13. Polarjournal. en-US.
5. Web site: 2020-06-19. Greenland's first road project connecting settlements clears its last hurdle. 2021-01-13. Nunatsiaq News. en.