Vera Leth

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Vera Leth
2nd County Council Ombudsman for the Parliament of Greenland
Assumed office
1 February 1997
Prime MinisterLars-Emil Johansen
Preceded by
Personal details
Born
Vera Amatsiak Jensen

(1958-07-04) July 4, 1958 (age 63)
Qutdligssat, Greenland
NationalityGreenlandic
Spouse(s)Henrik Leth
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen

Vera Leth (born 4 July 1958) is a Greenlandic civil servant who has been the County Council Ombudsman for the Parliament of Greenland since 1997.

Career[]

Vera Amatsiak Leth (née Jensen) was born on 4 July 1958 in Qutdligssat, Greenland.[1][2] She attended the University of Copenhagen, where she earned a law degree in 1988. Leth then spent the following two and a half years working at a law firm, before working on business legislation. In 1996, proposed Leth as the successor to as the Ombudsman of the County Council. The Council voted unanimously for Leth to undertake the position, becoming the second person to hold the post.[1] In 2001, Leth was critical of the appointment of as the priest for Greenlanders in Denmark. This was regarding the way in which the Directorate for Culture, Education, Research and Church had dealt with Kleist, regarding the lack of housing for him in Denmark.[3]

At an extraordinary meeting held on 8 April 2013, her tenure as Ombudsman was extended by the Parliament or a further four years.[4] Later that year, she investigated the hiring of as head of the Ministry of Finance and Home Affairs, following the revaltion of his firing from his two previous positions in Denmark and his relationship with former Prime Minister of Greenland, Lars-Emil Johansen.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Valg af Landstingets Ombudsmand" (in Kalaallisut). Greenland County Council. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Vera Leth" (in Kalaallisut). Altinget. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. ^ Kiil Sørensen, Leif (9 May 2001). "Kritik af grønlandske kirkemyndigheder". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Vera Leth genvalgt som ombudsmand". Sermitsiaq (in Kalaallisut). 9 April 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. ^ Højgaard Sørensen, Bent; Hyltoft, Vibe (2 October 2013). "Ombudsmand går ind i grønlandsk skandalesag". Berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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