Paul Okalik
Paul Okalik | |
|---|---|
| ᐹᓪ ᐅᑲᓕᖅ | |
Okalik in January 2001 | |
| 6th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly | |
| In office November 4, 2010 – April 6, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | James Arreak |
| Succeeded by | Hunter Tootoo |
| 1st Premier of Nunavut | |
| In office April 1, 1999 – November 19, 2008 | |
| Commissioner | Helen Mamayaok Maksagak Peter Irniq Ann Meekitjuk Hanson |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Eva Aariak |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Iqaluit-Sinaa | |
| In office October 28, 2013 – September 24, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Succeeded by | Elisapee Sheutiapik |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Iqaluit West | |
| In office February 15, 1999 – April 6, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Territory established |
| Succeeded by | Monica Ell-Kanayuk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 26, 1964 Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), Canada |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Alma mater | Carleton University (BA) University of Ottawa (LL.B.) |
Paul Okalik MLA (Inuktitut: ᐹᓪ ᐅᑲᓕᖅ, IPA: [paːl ukaliq]; born May 26, 1964) is a Canadian politician. He is the first Inuk to have been called to the Nunavut Bar. He was also the first premier of Nunavut.
On November 4, 2010, he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Okalik represented the electoral district of Iqaluit West in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut until April 6, 2011 when he announced he would be resigning in order to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Nunavut in the 2011 Canadian federal election. He returned to the Legislative Assembly in 2013 until being defeated in the 2017 Nunavut general election.