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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.
Greenland elects on national level a legislature. The Greenlandic Parliament ( Inatsisartut in Greenlandic ) has 31 members of parliament, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation . [ 1 ]
The position of Speaker (Greenlandic: Siulittaasoq) (Danish: Formand) of the Inatsisartut (the Greenlandic Parliament) was created in 1979. [1] The preceding office was Chairman of the Landsråd of Greenland .
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]
General elections were held in Greenland on 4 April 1979, [1] the first election to the new Inatsisartut 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]
Greenland's judicial system has mainly been derived from the Danish civil law system. It has one court of first instance: the Court of Greenland , and an appeal court the High Court of Greenland . No appeal is possible to decisions of the Joint Court of Justice, but fundamental "questions of law" may be submitted to the Østre Landsret and the ...
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 6 June 1984. [1] Siumut and Atassut both won 11 seats in the 25-seat Parliament. [2] The elections were held part-way through the negotiations of Greenland's exit from the European Economic Community.