Nellie Kusugak

The Honourable Nellie T. Kusugak
5th Commissioner of Nunavut
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 June 2015
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper Justin Trudeau
Premier	Peter Taptuna
Preceded by	Edna Elias
(Acting) Commissioner of Nunavut
In office 11 April 2010 – 31 May 2010
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Premier	Eva Aariak
Preceded by	Ann Meekitjuk Hanson
Succeeded by	Edna Elias
Deputy Commissioner of Nunavut
In office 15 February 2010 – 23 June 2015
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Premier	Eva Aariak Peter Taptuna
Preceded by	Helen Maksagak
Personal details
Born	1955 (age 69–70) Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
Nationality	Canadian
Spouse(s)	Jose Kusugak
Occupation	educator
Profession	politician

Nellie Taptaqut Kusugak (born 1955) of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut was the Deputy Commissioner of Nunavut from 2010 to 2015 at which time she was appointed the fifth Commissioner of Nunavut. Kusugak was appointed to the position of deputy by Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Chuck Strahl, on 15 February 2010 and was sworn in on 25 February.

On 11 April 2010, Kusugak became the acting Commissioner of Nunavut with the expiry of Ann Meekitjuk Hanson's term.

Kusugak, who received a B.Ed in 1996 through the Nunavut Teachers Education Program provided by Nunavut Arctic College (NAC) and McGill University, where she is listed as an adjunct professor, has been a teacher for about 20 years in both Inuktitut and English. Prior to her appointment as deputy commissioner she was an adult educator at NAC in Rankin Inlet.

Kusugak was married to former Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated president, Jose Kusugak.