Amita Kuttner
Amita Kuttner (/ˈɑːmitə/ AH-mee-tə;[1] born December 4, 1990) is a Canadian astrophysicist and politician. They have been the interim leader of the Green Party of Canada since November 24, 2021.
Amita Kuttner | |
|---|---|
 Kuttner in 2020 | |
| Leader of the Green Party of Canada | |
Interim | |
| Assumed office November 24, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Annamie Paul |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 4, 1990 North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | Green |
| Website | amitakuttner |
Kuttner first ran for office in the 2019 federal election for a House of Commons seat as a Green candidate. They later ran for Green Party leadership in 2020. They are the first transgender person and the first person of East Asian descent to lead a federal party in Canada.[2]
Kuttner identifies as non-binary, transgender and pansexual, and uses they/them and he/him pronouns.[3][4][5]
References
- Amita Kuttner (2019-10-12). My Climate Action Pledge. YouTube. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- Hyslop, Katie (August 26, 2019). "Amita Kuttner on Being a Green, Non-Binary, and Pansexual Astrophysicist and Politician". The Tyee.
- Gawley, Kelvin (August 7, 2019). "'I was freaking out': Burnaby Green candidate comes out as non-binary". Burnaby Now. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- "Candidature d'une personne non-binaire pour les Verts". ici.radio-canada.ca. August 14, 2019.
- Woolf, Marie (December 1, 2021). "Interim Green Leader Amita Kuttner ready to get tough on party infighting". Times Colonist. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
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