Eva Aariak
Eva Aariak | |
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Aariak in 2023 | |
| 6th Commissioner of Nunavut | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau
Mark Carney |
| Premier | Joe Savikataaq P. J. Akeeagok |
| Preceded by | Rebekah Williams (acting) |
| 2nd Premier of Nunavut | |
| In office November 19, 2008 – November 19, 2013 | |
| Commissioner | Ann Meekitjuk Hanson Edna Elias |
| Preceded by | Paul Okalik |
| Succeeded by | Peter Taptuna |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut | |
| In office October 27, 2008 – October 28, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Picco |
| Succeeded by | riding redistributed |
| Constituency | Iqaluit East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eva Qamaniq Aarik January 10, 1955 Arctic Bay, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), Canada |
| Political party | Independent |
| Residence(s) | Iqaluit, Nunavut |
| Occupation | CBC reporter, teacher, Languages Commissioner of Nunavut |
Eva Qamaniq Aariaka CM ONu (Inuktitut: ᐄᕙ ᐋᕆᐊᒃ, IPA: [iːva aːʁiak]; born January 10, 1955) is a Canadian Inuk politician, who was elected in the 2008 territorial election to represent the electoral district of Iqaluit East in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. She was subsequently chosen as the second premier of Nunavut, under the territory's consensus government system, on November 14, 2008. Aariak was the fifth woman to serve as a premier in Canada.
In January 2021, Aariak became the sixth commissioner of Nunavut.