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The Inatsisartut (Greenlandic: Inatsisartut, lit. 'those who make the law'; [1] Greenlandic pronunciation: [inatt͡sisɑtːʉt] Danish: Landstinget, lit. 'the land's-thing of Greenland'), also known as the Parliament of Greenland in English, [2] is the unicameral parliament (legislative branch) of Greenland, an autonomous territory [3] in the Danish Realm.
This means that Greenland is a part of Denmark's international territory that has a degree of autonomy and self-governance under a national government. Some politicians in Greenland want to become fully independent from Denmark and stand under the independence side of Greenland's politics.
General elections were held in Greenland on 4 April 1979, [1] the first election to the new Parliament after the introduction of home rule.The result was a victory for the separatist and left wing Siumut, which won 13 of the 21 seats in the Parliament, over the unionist and moderate Atassut. [2]
Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen; Members; Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (72nd Kingdom Parliament) Speaker ...
The politics of Greenland, an autonomous country (Greenlandic: nuna, Danish: land) within the Kingdom of Denmark, function in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the prime minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.
Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen; Members; Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (72nd Kingdom Parliament) Speaker ...
General elections were held in Greenland on 12 March 2013. [1] The opposition Siumut party emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 14 of the 31 seats. [2] On 26 March Siumut leader Aleqa Hammond became Greenland's first female Prime Minister. [2] [3]
The Naalakkersuisut (English: Cabinet of Greenland, Danish: Grønlands Regering) is the chief executive body and the government of Greenland since the island became self-governing in 1979. As an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark , Greenland is a parliamentary representative democratic territory , in which the premier ...