
John Main is the 7th Premier of Nunavut, elected at the Nunavut Leadership Forum on November 18, 2025 and sworn in on November 20, 2025. He is the first non-Inuk premier of the territory. A third-term member of the Legislative Assembly for Arviat North-Whale Cove, he speaks fluent Inuktitut and served as Minister of Health in the previous assembly. Nunavut has a consensus-government system with no political parties; the premier and cabinet are chosen by secret ballot of all elected members. His stated priorities include Inuit employment, school construction, and the Inuit Nunangat University at Arviat.