# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonathan-motzfeldt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:15:47.130Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonathan-motzfeldt"
name: "Jonathan Motzfeldt"
slug: "jonathan-motzfeldt"
description: "Jonathan Jakob Jørgen Otto Motzfeldt was a Greenlandic priest and politician. He is considered one of the leading figures in the establishment of Greenland Home Rule. Jonathan Motzfeldt was the first prime minister of Greenland. He was Greenland's prime minister from 1979 until 1991 and 1997 until 2002. He is Greenland's longest-serving prime minister and won the most elections of any Greenlandic prime minister. He is considered a centre-left politician and Greenland became a recognized country during his tenure."
tagline: "Prime Minister of Greenland (1938-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan_Motzfeldt_2003.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1938-09-25"
deathDate: "2010-10-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump