Pele Broberg (born 1972) is a Greenlandic politician (Naleraq), entrepreneur and pilot. He became minister of foreign affairs, trade, climate and business in April 2021, but foreign affairs and climate were transferred to the premier of Greenland Múte Bourup Egede in September 2021 after a controversy. Broberg was minister for finance in 2018.
Pele Broberg | |
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Minister for Business and Trade | |
Assumed office 27 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Múte Bourup Egede |
Preceded by | Himself |
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade, Climate and Business | |
In office 23 April 2021 – 27 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Múte Bourup Egede |
Preceded by | Kim Kielsen (Foreign affairs) Vittus Qujaukitsoq (Business) |
Succeeded by | Himself (Trade and Business) Múte Bourup Egede (Foreign Affairs and Climate) |
Minister for Finance | |
In office 15 May 2018 – 10 September 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Kim Kielsen |
Preceded by | Aqqaluaq B. Egede |
Succeeded by | Vittus Qujaukitsoq |
Member of Inatsisartut | |
Assumed office 24 April 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Copenhagen, Denmark |
Citizenship | Kingdom of Denmark |
Nationality | Greenlandic |
Political party | Naleraq |
Spouse | Malene Broberg |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Copenhagen Business School |
Biography
editBroberg was born in Copenhagen in 1972. His family moved to Greenland while he was an infant and he grew up in Qeqertarsuaq.[1][2]
Broberg graduated from High School in Aasiaat in 1992 and trained as a pilot at SAS Flight Academy in 1995. He then worked as a pilot at Air Greenland 1995-1997 and at Aviation Assistance 1997-1998. From 1999 to 2014 Broberg was captain at Air Greenland.[2] In February 2018, he became a clerk in the Department of Trade and Business, but is on leave while he is minister.[2][1]
Broberg graduated with a degree in business administration from the Copenhagen Business School in the 2010s.[2][1]
Broberg is also an entrepreneur and businessman.[1] From 2006 to 2013 he owned the company Barista ApS, from 2015 to 2016 he owned Aluu Airlines A/S. He has served on several company boards.[2]
Political career
editBroberg was not politically active until he ran for the Inatsisartut election in 2018.[1] He was elected with 208 votes, the second most votes for Naleraq after party founder Hans Enoksen,[3] and became minister for finance in a coalition government with Siumut, Naleraq, Atassut and Nunatta Qitornai.[4] As minister for finance, Broberg proposed halving the corporation tax in Greenland.[5] Naleraq resigned from the governing coalition on 10 September 2018, and Broberg was replaced by Vittus Qujaukitsoq (Nunatta Qitornai) as minister for finance.[6]
At the 2019 Danish general election Broberg ran for Naleraq and got 863 votes without being elected.[7][8] Broberg had leave from Inatsisartut during the parliamentary election campaign.[9]
In 2021, Broberg ran in both the Inatsisartut election and municipal election, and he was re-elected to Inatsisartut and elected to the municipal council in Sermersooq Municipality.[3] After the election, he became minister for foreign affairs, trade, climate and business in the Egede cabinet.[10]
19 September 2021, the Danish newspaper Berlingske ran an interview with Broberg,[11] where he stated that the word "Rigsfællesskabet" (Danish: The unity of the Realm) should be abolished because it pretends that Greenland and the Faroe Islands are on an equal footing with Denmark, which according to Broberg is not the case as he believes that it is a Danish supremacy. Broberg prefers the term "det danske rige" (Danish: The Danish realm) instead.[12] He also stated that it should be discussed whether only Greenlanders with Inuit background should be able to vote in a possible upcoming referendum on Greenlandic independence.[13] Premier of Greenland Múte Bourup Egede distanced himself from his minister's statements in a press release, and the opposition parties Siumut and Demokraatit also oppose dividing the population into groups with different rights. The chairman of Demokraatit Jens Frederik Nielsen thought that such policies were reminiscent of the former Soviet Union.[14] The support party Atassut also criticized Broberg and expressed their distrust of him as minister.[15] On 27 September, Múte Bourup Egede took over the foreign affairs and climate areas from Broberg.[16]
Family
editBroberg is married to Malene Broberg. The couple has two children.[2] Malene Broberg is the chief accountant of Pisiffik[1] and ran for Naleraq in the 2018 general election, same as her husband.[17][18]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Mathiessen, Per (21 April 2018), "Grønland: 'Hader du danskere, eller er du racist'?", Ekstra Bladet (in Danish), retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ a b c d e f CV Pele Broberg (PDF) (in Danish), Inatsisartut, retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ a b "Seats and Substitutes", valg.gl, retrieved 29 September 2021 Note: Select the election in the menu.
- ^ Veirum, Thomas Munk; Thorin, Jens (11 May 2018), "Se det nye Naalakkersuisut", KNR (in Danish), retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ Turnowsky, Walter (8 September 2018), "IA: Hvor vil du hente millionerne, Pele?", Sermitsiaq (in Danish), retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ Ressort ændringer i Naalakkersuisut (in Danish), Naalakkersuisut, 10 September 2018, retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ "Results", valg.gl, retrieved 29 September 2021 Note: Select the election in the menu.
- ^ Schultz-Nielsen, Jørgen (6 June 2019), "Fakta: Se tallene - sådan gik valget", Sermitsiaq (in Danish), retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ Hansen, Nukappiaaluk (8 May 2019), "Pele Broberg holder orlov fra Inatsisartut", Sermitsiaq (in Danish), retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ Brøns, Malik (16 April 2021), "Overblik: Her er de nye Naalakkersuisut-medlemmer", KNR (in Danish), retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ Kruse, Simon (19 September 2018), "Grønlands mest hårdtslående minister er færdig med rigsfællesskabet: »Så sig dog tingene, som de er«", Berlingske (in Danish), retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ ritzau (19 September 2021), "Grønlands udenrigsminister vil afskaffe ordet rigsfællesskabet", Ekstra Bladet (in Danish), retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ Veirum, Thomas Munk (19 September 2021), "Broberg: Kun folk med Inuit-baggrund bør blande sig i selvstændighedsdebat", Sermitsiaq (in Danish), retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ Veirum, Thomas Munk (20 September 2021), "Jens-Frederik om Pele-udmelding: - Det hører Sovjetunionen til", Sermitsiaq (in Danish), retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ Veirum, Thomas Munk (20 September 2021), "Atassut: Vi har ikke tillid til Broberg", Sermitsiaq (in Danish), retrieved 29 September 2021
- ^ Brøns, Malik (27 September 2021), "Pele Broberg er ikke længere naalakkersuisoq for udenrigsanliggender", KNR (in Danish), retrieved 27 September 2021
- ^ Agger, Simone (22 April 2018), Ægtepar går til valg på grønlandsk løsrivelse - vil selv bestemme om fire år [Couple run for Greenlandic independence - will decide in four years] (in Danish), TV 2 (Denmark), retrieved 26 June 2022
- ^ "Seats and substitutes", qinersineq.gl