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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.
Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen; Members; Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (72nd Kingdom Parliament) Speaker ...
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.
Greenland's judicial system is based on the Danish civil law system, operates independently of the legislature and the executive. It has two court of first instance: the District Courts and the Court of Greenland depending on the type of case, whereas the High Court of Greenland hears cases as the second instance. Decisions made by the High ...
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 ...
Kim Kielsen, the former premier of Greenland. The First Cabinet of Kim Kielsen was a former administration of Greenland.It was appointed on 10 December 2014 with Kim Kielsen from Forward (Siumut) as Prime Minister, [1] leading a coalition between Forward (Siumut), Democrats (Demokraatit) and Solidarity (Atassut).
Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen; Members; Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (72nd Kingdom Parliament) Speaker ...
Siumut was formed in 1971 as a political movement, and became a party in 1977. Following the establishment of home rule in Greenland in January 1979, the party won 13 of 21 seats in the 1979 Greenlandic general election for the newly formed Parliament of Greenland, and party chairman Jonathan Motzfeldt became the first Prime Minister of Greenland.