Jess Svane

Jess Kristian Svane (born 5 May 1959) is a Greenlandic politician (Siumut).

Early life and career Svane was born on 5 May 1959 in Qasigiannguit. Before his political career, he worked primarily in the commercial sector. Between 1992 and 2001 he was the port manager of Qasigiannguit before becoming self-employed in 2004.

Svane therefore ran in the 2014 parliamentary election the next year and came in first for his party with 172 votes, so that he ultimately moved up to Inatsisartut for Minister Doris Jakobsen. In the 2017 local elections, he defended his place in the local council with 185 votes, but due to the administrative reform he is now in the council of the Qeqertalik municipality. On November 22, 2019, he took over the labor market portfolio from Jensen, who resigned. In May 2020 he was appointed Minister for Labor Market, Research and Environment in the Kielsen VI Cabinet.

Svane was re-elected to Inatsisartut in the 2021 parliamentary election. However, he did not run in the 2021 local elections. On 25 September 2023, he was assigned to the family portfolio of Aqqaluaq B. Egede.