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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.
The Greenlandic Parliament (Inatsisartut in Greenlandic) has 31 members of parliament, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. [1] Greenland has a multi-party system (disputing on independence and unionism as well as left and right), with numerous parties in which a single party normally does not have a chance of gaining ...
Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen; Members; Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (72nd Kingdom Parliament) Speaker ...
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 .
Greenland has full autonomy on most matters, except on policies and decisions affecting the region including negotiations with the devolved legislatures and the Kingdom Parliament Folketing. Greenland's judicial system has mainly been derived from the Danish civil law 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 first Provincial Council to be elected by direct suffrage was elected on 29 June 1951 (excepting Upernavik on account of snow and Nanortalik on account of the island's first measles outbreak) and opened on 25 September 1951. [1] It was the first Greenlandic election to permit female suffrage. During the first election season, there were no ...