Greenland's external relations

A presentation by Mininnguaq Kleist, Head of the Greenland Representation to the EU in Brussels.

Mininnguaq Kleist has since May 2016 been the Head of the Greenland Representation to the EU in Brussels. The Greenland Representation is involved in all the different agreements and relations Greenland has to the EU - including the EU-Greenland partnership agreement, the Fisheries Partnership Agreement, the Letter of Intent on mineral resources, etc.

Prior to his posting in Brussels Kleist has worked extensively on the self-government development in Greenland, including as special advisor under the Greenland-Danish Self-Government Commission in 2005-2008. From 2007 to 2009 he led the Self-Government Office under the Home Rule Government in 2007-2009, during which a popular referendum on the introduction of Self-Government was organized (2008), followed by the introduction of the Self-Government system in Greenland in 2009. Kleist subsequently worked in the management of the Department of Foreign Affairs later in 2009 - with responsibilities on climate policies, bilateral affairs and EU relations. In 2013 he took the position as director in The Premier´s Office and it is from this position Kleist came, when he was posted in Brussels.

Mininnguaq Kleist is a Master of Arts in Pilosophy from 2004, Århus University, Denmark. He was born in Nuuk, Greenland, in 1973, and is married to Mari.

Admission free, all welcome