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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 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 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.
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.
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 ...
This is a list of the 31 members of the Parliament of Greenland, who were elected members of parliament of Greenland following the 2013 parliamentary elections until the 2014 parliamentary elections. [ 1 ]
Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen; Members; Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (72nd Kingdom Parliament) Speaker ...