Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
P.J. Akeeagok ᐱᔭᐃ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ[1] | |
Birth Name: | Pauloosie Jamesie Ageeagok |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1984 |
Birth Place: | Grise Fiord, Northwest Territories, Canada |
Residence: | Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada |
1Blankname: | Commissioner |
Order: | 6th |
Office: | Premier of Nunavut |
Term Start: | November 19, 2021[2] |
Predecessor1: | Joe Savikataaq |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu |
Term Start2: | October 25, 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Pat Angnakak |
Party: | Independent |
Pauloosie Jamesie Akeeagok, commonly, and officially known, as P.J. Akeeagok[3] (Inuktitut: ᐱᔭᐃ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ; born November 5, 1984), is a Canadian Inuk politician who in 2021 became the sixth and current premier of Nunavut.[4] He was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2021 Nunavut general election.[5] He represents the electoral district of Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu.
Prior to his election to the legislature, he was president of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, resigning from that position in August 2021 in preparation for the election campaign.[6]
Akeeagok was born on November 5, 1984[7] and raised in Grise Fiord.[8] His aunt, Pat Angnakak, served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu. His uncle, David Akeeagok, is a member of the Legislative Assembly for Quttiktuq.[9]
Akeeagok was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the territorial election in 2021. He was selected to become premier in the Nunavut Leadership Forum on November 17, 2021, and defeated incumbent premier Joe Savikataaq.[8]