Naaja Nathanielsen

Naaja Nathanielsen (born 6 December 1975) is a Greenlandic politician of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party.

[1] She was a member of Inuit Ataqatigiit, but became an independent in 2016 before her departure from the legislature;[2] she said she left the party due to not being consulted for policy changes.

[5] In her position, she approved an expansion of mining—including to explore the extent of subterranean radioactive elements—but refused to allow uranium mining.

[7] While she has sought out legal assessments for the ban on uranium mining, she has refused to share them when asked.

[7] She is a feminist, and has argued that there are extensive divisions of power in politics as a result of patriarchy.