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Thue Christiansen

1940 - 2022

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Thue Christiansen (25 February 1940 – 26 June 2022) was a Greenlandic teacher, visual artist, and politician. Christiansen is best known as the designer of the current flag of Greenland, which was adopted on 21 June 1985. A trained teacher, Christiansen was elected to the Inatsisartut for Siumut in 1979 when Greenland was granted home rule. He was the Greenlandic Minister of Culture and Education from 1979 until 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thue Christiansen is the 15,676th most popular politician (up from 15,765th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Greenland (down from 9th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thue Christiansen ranks 15,676 out of 19,576Before him are Alfred Francis Russell, Georges Vanier, Jerzy Pawłowski, Nevile Henderson, Hrant Shahinyan, and James Wani Igga. After him are Priscilla Cooper Tyler, Juan Bravo Murillo, Älihan Smaiylov, Gary Johnson, Eriba-Adad II, and Johannes Hahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Thue Christiansen ranks 454Before him are Franco Balmamion, Leonid Osyka, György Sarlós, Robert Blust, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, and Sven-Gunnar Larsson. After him are Phelekezela Mphoko, Gianni De Michelis, Viktor Pavlov, Francisco Toledo, Ermindo Onega, and Nicolae Lupescu. Among people deceased in 2022, Thue Christiansen ranks 463Before him are Anton Donchev, Birju Maharaj, Betty Davis, Hebe de Bonafini, Mickey Kuhn, and Robert Blust. After him are Nils Arne Eggen, Tsuneko Sasamoto, Antonio Martino, Eugenio Scalfari, Kiril Dojčinovski, and Leo Wilden.

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In Greenland

Among people born in Greenland, Thue Christiansen ranks 11 out of 16Before him are Henning Jakob Henrik Lund (1875), Kuupik Kleist (1958), Kim Kielsen (1966), Rasmus Lerdorf (1968), Aleqa Hammond (1965), and Jesper Grønkjær (1977). After him are Múte Bourup Egede (1987), Naja Marie Aidt (1963), Niviaq Korneliussen (1990), Sara Olsvig (1978), and Nive Nielsen (1979).

Among POLITICIANS In Greenland

Among politicians born in Greenland, Thue Christiansen ranks 7Before him are Lars-Emil Johansen (1946), Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938), Hans Enoksen (1956), Kuupik Kleist (1958), Kim Kielsen (1966), and Aleqa Hammond (1965). After him are Múte Bourup Egede (1987), and Sara Olsvig (1978).