Augusta Salling

Greenlandic politician

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Augusta Salling (born 1954) is a former finance minister of Greenland. She began as a teacher. Her political roles before finance minister included being a member of a Parliament and mayor of Qeqertarsuaq from 1993 to 1997.^[1] In 2003 she refused to step down over a budgeting error she stated was not her fault. This led to the collapse of the governing coalition.^[2] She is a member of Feeling of Community.