# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leona-aglukkaq
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:36:09.120Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leona-aglukkaq"
name: "Leona Aglukkaq"
slug: "leona-aglukkaq"
description: "Leona Aglukkaq is a Canadian politician. She was a member of the non-partisan Legislative Assembly of Nunavut representing the riding of Nattilik from 2004 until stepping down in 2008; then was a Conservative Member of Parliament representing the riding of Nunavut after winning the seat in the 2008 federal election. She was the first Conservative to win the seat, and only the second centre-right candidate ever to win it. Leona Aglukkaq is the first Inuk woman to serve in cabinet. She remained an MP until she was defeated in the 2015 federal election by Liberal candidate Hunter Tootoo. Aglukkaq unsuccessfully contested the 2019 federal election."
tagline: "Canadian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Minister_Leona_Aglukkaq.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1967-06-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.157201333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/leonaaglukkaq"
    handle:    "leonaaglukkaq"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Аглуккак, Леона"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ليونا اجلوكاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Aglukkaq"
    title: "Leona Aglukkaq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Aglukkaq"
    title: "Leona Aglukkaq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Aglukkaq"
    title: "Leona Aglukkaq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Aglukkaq"
    title: "Leona Aglukkaq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Aglukkaq"
    title: "Leona Aglukkaq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299785"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump