Editing Jonathan Motzfeldt (section)

{{Short description|Greenlandic politician (1938–2010)}}
{{Weasel|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox Prime Minister
| name            = Jonathan Motzfeldt
| image           = Jonathan Motzfeldt 2003.jpg
| caption         = Motzfeldt in 2003
| office1         = 1st [[Prime Minister of Greenland]]
| term_start1     = 19 September 1997
| term_end1       = 14 December 2002
| monarch1        = [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Margrethe II]]
| predecessor1    = [[Lars Emil Johansen]]
| successor1      = [[Hans Enoksen]]
| term_start2     = 1 May 1979
| term_end2       = 18 March 1991
| monarch2        = [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Margrethe II]]
| predecessor2    = [[Hans Lassen]]<br>''as Governor''
| successor2      = [[Lars Emil Johansen]]
|
| office3              = Member of the Landsting for Nanortalik
| term_start3        = 1 May 1979
| term_end3         = 2 June 2009
| predecessor3    = Position Established
| successor3        = Anders Olsen
| birth_date      = 25 September 1938
| birth_place     = [[Qassimiut|Qagssimiut]], [[South Greenland]]
| death_date      = 28 October 2010 (aged 72)
| death_place     = [[Qaqortoq]], [[Kujalleq]], Greenland
|citizenship      = [[Danish citizen|Kingdom of Denmark]]
|nationality      = [[Greenlanders|Greenlandic]]
| spouse          = {{marriage|Kristjana Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir|1992}}
| children        = 2 
| party           = [[Forward (Greenland)|Siumut]]
| relations       =
| alma_mater      = [[University of Copenhagen]]
| occupation      = Priest, politician
| religion        =
}}

'''Jonathan Jakob Jørgen Otto Motzfeldt''' (25 September 1938 – 28 October 2010<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bt.dk/politik/jonathan-motzfeldt-er-doed|title= Jonathan Motzfeldt er død |date=28 October 2010|publisher=[[B.T. (tabloid)|BT]] |language = Danish}}</ref>) was a [[Greenland|Greenlandic]] [[priest]] and politician. He is considered one of the leading figures in the establishment of [[Greenland Home Rule]].<ref name="auto1">[http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/29999_greenland_mourns_politician_jonathan_motzfeldt/ Greenland mourns politician Jonathan Motzfeldt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208141916/http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/29999_greenland_mourns_politician_jonathan_motzfeldt/ |date=2015-12-08 }}, nunatsiaqonline.ca, October 29, 2010</ref> Jonathan Motzfeldt was the first [[prime minister of Greenland]]. He was Greenland's prime minister from 1979 until 1991 and 1997 until 2002. He is Greenland's longest-serving prime minister and won the most elections of any Greenlandic Prime Minister. He is considered a centre-left politician and Greenland became a recognized country during his tenure.