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Jose Kusugak was born on 2 May, 1950 in Naujaat, Canada, is an An inuit politician. Discover Jose Kusugak's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?
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61 years old |
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Taurus |
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2 May, 1950 |
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2 May |
| Birthplace |
Naujaat, Canada |
| Date of death |
2011 |
| Died Place |
Nunavut |
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Canada
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Jose Kusugak Height, Weight & Measurements
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Jose Kusugak Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jose Kusugak worth at the age of 61 years old? Jose Kusugak’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Canada. We have estimated Jose Kusugak's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Jose Kusugak (2 May 1950 – 18 or 19 January 2011) was an Inuk politician from Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories (now Naujaat, Nunavut), Canada.
He is an activist for Inuit rights, language and culture.
Kusugak was born in Repulse Bay.
He moved, along with his family, to Rankin Inlet in 1960.
After attending school in Chesterfield Inlet and Churchill Vocational Institute residential school in Churchill, Manitoba he went to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to attend high school.
After finishing high school, Kusugak went on to teach in both Rankin Inlet and Churchill, where he taught Inuktitut and Inuit history.
In 1971 he joined what was then called the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, known today as the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), and served as an assistant to Tagak Curley the organization's first president.
Later moving to Arviat he helped to establish a standardized writing system for Inuktitut syllabics.
In 1980 he joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as the area manager for the Kivalliq Region.
After working with them for 10 years, he joined the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, and introduced several new areas of programming to the network.
He then became the president of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, one of the four organizations that make up the ITK.
As president of NTI he was responsible for negotiating the comprehensive land claims for Inuit, including the creation of Nunavut, with the governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories.
In acknowledgement of this work, he has been called the "Last Father of Confederation."
Kusugak received CBC president's award in 1998 for "for remarkable achievement in raising the standard of Inuktitut radio broadcasting."
The new territory was proclaimed on April 1, 1999, five days before Kusugak's eldest daughter Aliisa Autut, gave birth to her third child.
Kusugak held the position of president until losing the election to Paul Kaludjuak after which he was controversially appointed president of ITK.
After six years as president, Kusugak announced on 12 May 2006 that he was stepping down.
Kusugak died from bladder cancer in Rankin Inlet, Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada.
Kusugak was married to the acting Commissioner of Nunavut, Nellie Kusugak.
They had three daughters and one son.
He wrote the short comic Kiviuq vs Big Bee that was published in the anthology Arctic Comics in 2016.
He was commemorated on a Canadian stamp in 2022, as the first in a series of three Indigenous leaders on stamps.
