Múte Bourup Egede

Múte Inequnaaluk Bourup Egede (; born 11 March 1987) is a Greenlandic politician who served as the prime minister of Greenland from 2021 to 2025. He has also served as Chairman of the Inuit Ataqatigiit since December 2018, and a Member of the Inatsisartut since May 2015.

Early life Múte Inequnaaluk Bourup Egede was born in Nuuk on 11 March 1987. He grew up in Narsaq and was educated in Qaqortoq before studying cultural and social history at the University of Greenland in 2007. He was the vice chairman of the Greenlandic Academic Student Society from 2011 to 2012.

Career In 2007, Egede was a member of the Greenlandic youth parliament, the Inuusuttut Inatsisartui. He received 2,131 votes, not enough for a seat in parliament.

Between 2016 and 2018, Egede served as Minister for Raw Material and the Labour Market, where he simultaneously – for three months in 2017 – was acting Minister of Communes, Hamlets, Outer Districts, Infrastructure and Housing.

On 16 April it was announced that IA had formed a coalition with Naleraq with a 10-member Naalakkersuisut. Atassut, which holds two seats, announced that while it would not enter a pro-independence coalition they would provide support to the coalition.

Egede was confirmed as Prime Minister of Greenland by the Inatsisartut on 23 April 2021, becoming the country's youngest Prime Minister in history. He formed a new government in April 2022.

In response to the ongoing controversy over the spiral case, Egede accused Denmark of committing genocide in Greenland.

During the 2025 Greenlandic general election, Egede received 3,276 personal votes, losing to Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who received 4,850.

Political ideology Egede is the chairman of Inuit Ataqatigiit, a democratic socialist political party. He is an advocate for Greenlandic independence.

Personal life Egede is married to Sara Biilmann Egede, with whom he has one child. He also has two children from a prior relationship.