Parliament of Greenland
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Structure | |
Seats | 31 |
Political groups | Government (22)
Opposition (9) |
Elections | |
Open list proportional representation with a 2% election threshold[citation needed] | |
Last election | 6 April 2021 |
Next election | 2025 |
Meeting place | |
Inatsisartut, Nuuk | |
Website | |
inatsisartut.gl |
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. Established in 1979, it meets in Inatsisartut, on the islet of Nuuk Center in central Nuuk.
There are 31 members, who are elected for four-year periods by proportional representation.
Denmark has established very specific territorial autonomies with its two island territories
Faroese and Greenlandic are seen as official regional languages in the self-governing territories belonging to Denmark.
Greenland [...] is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark