Paul Okalik

E425299

Paul Okalik is a Canadian Inuit politician and lawyer who became the first premier of the territory of Nunavut upon its creation in 1999.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Paul Okalik canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Inuit person
human
lawyer
politician
continentOfCitizenship North America
countryOfActivity Canada
countryOfCitizenship Canada
dateOfBirth 1964-05-26
educatedAt Nunavut Arctic College
University of Ottawa
endTimeAsPremierOfNunavut 2008
ethnicGroup Inuit
familyName Okalik
fieldOfStudy law
givenName Paul
hasJurisdictionAsPremier Government of Nunavut
inceptionOfPositionAsPremier 1999
knownFor role in establishing Nunavut’s governmental institutions
languageSpoken English
Inuktitut
legalProfession barrister
solicitor
legalStatus called to the bar in Nunavut
called to the bar in the Northwest Territories
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party of Canada
Nunavut Liberal Party
name Paul Okalik
notableFor being the first Inuk to serve as premier of a Canadian territory
being the first premier of Nunavut
occupation lawyer
politician
parliamentaryGroup non-partisan consensus government of Nunavut
placeOfBirth Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories, Canada
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada
positionHeld Attorney General of Nunavut
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Minister of Justice of Nunavut
Premier of Nunavut
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
precededByInOffice position created
regionOfActivity Nunavut
residence Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
linked to: Iqaluit
startTimeAsPremierOfNunavut 1999
succeededByAsPremierOfNunavut Eva Aariak

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Premier of Nunavut firstHolder Paul Okalik
Paul Okalik name Paul Okalik