NUUK: An Inuit woman brought up to skin seals looked set to become Greenland’s first female prime minister after a backlash against foreign miners and fears over environmental damage carried her party to election victory.
Aleqa Hammond’s Siumut party won 42 percent of votes and around 14 seats in the 31-seat parliament, meaning she will need to form a coalition to run the nation of 57,000 people.
Prime Minister Kuupik Kleist won some 34 percent of votes, according to official results
yesterday. REUTERS
