Parliament of Greenland
Inuit Ataqatigiit: 11 Atassut: 2 Partii Inuit: 1 Demokraatit: 2 Status: October 2013
- Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA ) Socialists
- Siumut (S ) Social
- Akulliit Partiiat (AP ) Center
- Demokraatit (D) Social Liberal
- Atassut (A ) Liberal
- Issittup Partiia (IP ) Polar Party
- Kattusseqatigiit (K ) Independent
- Kisimiilluni (and. ) single applicant
The Inatsisartut is the parliament of Greenland. The full name is Greenland Kalaallit Nunaanni Inatsisartut, the Danish term Grønlands county council. Whether naturalized, the German term Inatsisartut, such as the German -language website of the Parliament, it suggests or if the acquisitions of the Storting, the Folketing and Løgting of parallel - but in this case heteronomous - interspersed expression Landstingskatalogen remains to be seen.
The Inatsisartut originated in 1979 with the introduction of the limited autonomy of Greenland. Its predecessor was the Greenland Provincial (Danish Grønlands Landsråd ), which had been formed in 1950 from the national councils for North and South Greenland (since 1911).
Regulatory
The 31 deputies in Inatsisartut be universal, direct and secret ballot elected for four years ( Law on Parliament and State Government, § 2). Select from their ranks the head of government then his cabinet list en bloc for election provides (§ 22). Revokes the Parliament of the State Government ( grönl. Naalakkersuisut, dän. Landsstyre ) or the head of government trust, the government must resign closed ( § 27). In this case, the head of government may announce immediate elections ( § 28). The government is continuing the business until her successor is elected ( § 29). The language used in Inatsisartut is Greenlandic; dominates a deputy minister or not this language, a translation into and from Danish guarantees ( § 9). Section 13 gives each individual member of parliament and government the right to introduce a bill. Parliament exercises the budget right out ( § § 16, 17).
Election 2009
Main article: Parliament election in Greenland in 2009
The general election took place on 2 June 2009. The turnout fell slightly from 74.9 % to 71.3 %. Parties in government after this election are marked with a dot (•).
Note: The percent of the official election statistics do not refer to such common in Germany to the sum of the valid votes, but on the sum of all votes, ie including empty and invalid ballots.
Election in 2013
Main article: Parliament election in Greenland in 2013
The recent parliamentary election took place on 12 March 2013. It was expected a tight election between the incumbent socialist Kuupik Kleist and the Social Democratic challenger Aleqa Hammond. The Social Democrats won the election, however, significantly with 42.8 % of the vote and 14 of 31 reached so mandates. Hammond personally was able to record 6818 votes for himself, the highest number so far in Greenland. It was on April 5, new prime minister and formed a coalition government from Siumut, Atassut and Partii Inuit ( an offshoot of the Socialist IA). The Socialists obtained 34.4 % of the vote, the voter turnout was 74.2 %.
Presidium
The Bureau consists of the President of Parliament and four deputies.
- Josef Motzfeldt (Inuit Ataqatigiit ), President 2009-13
- Lars Emil Johansen ( Siumut ), since 2013. His deputies are Agathe Fontain (IA ), Kim Kielsen (S ), Ane Hansen ( IA) and Finn Karlsen (S).