As stated before, Mr. Inuuteq Holm Olsen is the Deputy Minister for the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Greenland since July 2006 and served as Acting Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs since December 2004. He was the Head of Department from September 2003. Inuuteq Holm Olsen began his career at the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1996 and has been the Private Secretary to the Premier from 1997 till 1999. He worked at the Danish Foreign Ministry in Copenhagen and was posted at the Greenland Representation in Brussels from 2000 till 2003.

Mr. Inuuteq Holm Olsen earned a B.A in Political Science from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1994 and a M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University in 1996.

Besides having the responsibility of Greenland's foreign affairs he has served as guest lecturer and speaker at several universities and international conferences, such as the 5th NRF Open Assembly in 2008, on topics related to Greenland and politics in the Arctic. He was an expert adviser in the joint Danish-Greenlandic Commission on Self-Government regarding foreign affairs 2006 - 2008. He was also a member of the 2008 Danish Defence Commission representing the Government of Greenland.

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