page_title: Paul Okalik
hierarchical_section_title: Paul Okalik
caption_attribution_description: Paul Okalik, Premier of Nunavut, addressing high school students in Cambridge Bay, January 2001. Picture cropped to remove extra people.
context_page_description: Paul Okalik MLA is a Canadian politician. He is the first Inuk member and first first Premier of Nunavut.
  On November 4, 2010, he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Okalik represented the electoral district of Iqaluit West until April 6, 2011. He returned to the Legislative Assembly in 2013 until being defeated in the 2017 general election.
context_section_description: Paul Okalik MLA (Inuktitut: ᐹᓪ ᐅᑲᓕᖅ, ; born May 26, 1964) is a Canadian politician. He is the first Inuk member and first first Premier of Nunavut.
  On November 4, 2010, he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Okalik represented the electoral district of Iqaluit West until April 6, 2011.  He returned to the Legislative Assembly in 2013 until being defeated in the 2017 general election.
caption: Okalik in January 2001
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