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Pita Aatami was born in 1960 in Kuujjuaq and attended the federal day school there. He also attended the Red River College in Winnipeg in 1978-1979.

Aatami sat on Kuujjuaq's municipal council from 1983 to 1993. He was appointed as President of the Nayumivik Landholding Corporation of Kuujjuaq in 1987, a position he retained until 1993. He has been a member of the board of several national and international bodies, notably the Inuit Circumpolar Council and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

An active entrepreneur, he helped launch a variety of businesses.

He established a youth camp that served as a model for several northern communities, a hockey program and a fund helping Inuit youths to pursue postsecondary education.

Aatammi played a key role in drafting the agreement establishing Nunavik's regional government.

Pita Aatami has devoted his life to Nunavik and to the broader northern communities. While at the helm of the Makivik Corporation, he tackled complex issues pertaining to governance with vision and determination, notably leading the negotiations of the Nunavik Inuit Land Claim Agreement with the Government of Canada. As president of Air Inuit and as a member of such boards as the Canada Inuit Circumpolar Council, the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, he has striven to enhance opportunities for Inuit nationwide.

Elected to the Makivik board for the first time in 1987. Treasurer 1993-1998, President 1998-2012. In 2013, became president and CEO of Air Inuit, a Makivik subsidiary. 60 years old in 2021.

Served as President of Makivvik Corp. from 1998 to 2012, when Jobie Tukkiapik was elected. He was chosen as President again in 2021 and reelected in 2021 and 2024, for a term ending in 2027.

Distinctions
2019 Order of Canada (Member) 2009 National Order of Quebec (Chevalier)