Premier of Nunavut

Premier of Nunavut
ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ Hivuliqti Nunavunmi Premier ministre du Nunavut
Incumbent P.J. Akeeagok since November 19, 2021
Office of the Premier
Style	The Honourable (formal) Premier (informal)
Status	Head of Government
Member of	Legislative Assembly Executive Council
Reports to	Legislative Assembly Commissioner
Seat	Iqaluit
Appointer	Commissioner of Nunavut with the confidence of the Nunavut Legislature
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure contingent on the premier's ability to command confidence in the legislative assembly
Formation	1 April 1999
First holder	Paul Okalik
Deputy	Deputy premier of Nunavut
Website	Office of the Premier

The premier of Nunavut (Inuktitut: ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ; Inuinnaqtun: Hivuliqti Nunavunmi; French: premier ministre du Nunavut) is the first minister for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The premier is the territory's head of government, although their powers are somewhat more limited than those of a provincial premier.

Unlike most other premiers who are officially appointed by a lieutenant governor or commissioner on account of their leadership of a majority bloc in the legislature, the premier, and the Cabinet, is directly elected by the non-partisan members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, in accordance with the system of consensus government. The premier is formally appointed by the commissioner of Nunavut, who is bound to act on the Assembly's recommendation by both the Nunavut Act and convention.^[1][2]