Career
Maliina Abelsen is a previous Greenlandic politician and Member of Parliament for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit (Iowa), holding the position of the Minister for Finance in the Government of Greenland (Greenlandic: Naalakkersuisut), in office since March 2011. Between June 2009 and March 2011, Abelsen held the position of the Minister for Social Affairs in the Government of Greenland. Abelsen holds the following degrees: Master of Policy and Applied Social Science (Macquarie University, Sydney), Candidate.Scient.Soc.
Abelsens areas" of responsibility as Minister for Finance is Budget, Burden and task allocation, Structure policy, Tax policy, Block subsidy and Statistics Greenland.