Aili Keskitalo

Aili Keskitalo (born 29 October 1968) is a Norwegian Sami politician representing the Norwegian Sámi Association (NSR), who has served as the president of the Sami Parliament since 2017.[1] She also served in this post from 2005–2007 and 2013–2016.

Aili Keskitalo
Keskitalo portrait in 2013.
President of the Sami Parliament of Norway
Assumed office
12 October 2017
Preceded byVibeke Larsen
In office
16 October 2013 – 8 December 2016
Preceded byEgil Olli
Succeeded byVibeke Larsen
In office
2005–2007
Preceded bySven-Roald Nystø
Succeeded byEgil Olli
Personal details
Born (1968-10-29) 29 October 1968
Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway
NationalitySami Norwegian
Children3

Prior to her current presidency, she served as president of the Sami Parliament of Norway in 2005, the third in its history and the first female President of any Sami Parliament. She stepped down in September 2007.[2] The collapse of her coalition made way for the first ever non-NSR presidency, led by Egil Olli from the Norwegian Labour Party.

She has a Master in Public Administration from Copenhagen Business School, in which she compared the school systems in Norway and Greenland[3]

Keskitalo was the first Sámi President whose mother tongue was not Sámi but Norwegian. However, she speaks Northern Sami fluently.

See also

References
  1. "Aili Keskitalo new president of the Sami Parliament". The Independent Barents Observer. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  2. Aslaksen, Eilif (25 September 2007). "Ingen hyggelig dag" [Not a fun day] (in Norwegian). NRK Sámi Radio. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  3. Keskitalo, Aili 2005: Høyere utdanningsinstitusjoner for urfolk - i en moderniseringstid : en komparativ analyse av endringer i rammebetingelser for Sámi allaskuvla/Samisk høgskole og Ilisimatusarfik ved årtusenskiftet. ('Higher Education Institutions in a Time of Modernisation: a Comparative Analysis of Changes in Requirements for the Sami University College and the University of Greenland at the Turn of the Century' - thesis from her MPA at South Trøndelag University College, North Trøndelag University College and Copenhagen Business School)
Preceded by
Vibeke Larsen		 President of the Sami Parliament
2017–present		 Incumbent


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