This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Greenland Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Greenland local long form: none local short form: Kalaallit Nunaat (meaning Land of the Greenlanders in Kalaallisut, the Greenlandic Inuit language) Data code: GL Dependency status: part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979...
See also: Politics of Denmark List of Prime Ministers of Greenland Jonathan Motzfeldt (1979-1991) Lars Emil Johansen (1991-1997) Jonathan Motzfeldt (1997-2002) Hans Enoksen (2002-present) For leaders before this see: List of Governors of Greenland Categories: Lists of office-holders | Prime Ministers of Greenland ... Hans Enoksen (born in 1956) is the current Prime Minister of Greenland. ... Politics of Greenland Categories: Stub | Lists of political parties | Politics of Greenland ... Elections in Greenland gives information on election and election results in Greenland. ... // Government Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with an almost unbroken link of monarchs for more than 1,000 years (except for an interregnum of eight years from 1332 to 1340). ...
The Parliament of Greenland is the legislature (in this case, a parliament) in the government of Greenland, an autonomous province of Denmark. In Kalaallisut, it is called the Kalaallit Nunaanni Inatsisartut, and in Danish, the Grønlands Landsting. The government of Greenland is also called Home rule in Greenland. A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here:This article is about the legislative institution. ... An autonomous (subnational) entity is a subnational entity that has a certain amount of autonomy. ... The Kalaallisut language (also called Greenlandic, Greenlandic Eskimo, or Greenlandic Inuktitut) is an Eskimo-Aleut language spoken in Greenland and closely related to Canadian languages like Inuktitut. ...
The word Landsting comes from an ancient Scandinavian term meaning council. It first came into being during Viking times and was formed by the freemen of the community. In those times it was called a 'ting,' which numbered a hundred men. The tings would meet at a much larger place called a 'land' thus the phrase landsting. The North Germanic languages (also Scandinavian languages or Nordic languages) is a branch of the Germanic languages spoken in Scandinavia, parts of Finland and on the Faroe Islands and Iceland. ... A council is a group of people who usually possess some powers of governance. ... The name Viking is a loanword from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, the British Isles, and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ... Freeman can mean: A person who has been awarded Freedom of the City. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ...
History
Created in 1988, the Parliament is led by a Presidency comprising four members of the Parliament and the Chairman. There are 31 members in the Assembly.
Chairmen of the Parliament:
Mr. Daniel Skifte, Atassut 2001-
Mr. Ole Lynge, Inuit Ataqatigiit 1999-2001
Mr. Anders Andreassen 1997-1999
Recent results
The current standing of Greenland's Parliamentary Assembly:
November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Forward (Greenlandic: Siumut) is a social democratic political party in Greenland. ... The Democrats (Demokratiit) are a liberal political party in Greenland. ... Inuit Community (in Greenlandic: Inuit Ataqatigiit) is a socialist political party in Greenland. ... The Feeling of Community (Atássut) is a liberal party in Greenland. ...
The parliament, which is also referred to as the Estates of Scotland, the Three Estates, the Scots Parliament or the auld Scots Parliament (Eng: old), met until the Acts of Union merged the parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England, creating the new Parliament of Great Britain in 1707.
The Parliament of the United Kingdom was originally formed in 1707 by the Acts of Union that replaced the former parliaments of England and Scotland - the Irish Parliament was subsumed into the Imperial Parliament in 1801.
In the United Kingdom, Parliament consists of the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Monarch.
Greenland lies mostly north of the Arctic Circle and is separated from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, on the west, primarily by Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, and from Iceland, on the east, by the Denmark Strait.
Greenland was first explored by Erik the Red, a Norwegian settler in Iceland and father of Leif Eriksson, toward the end of the 10th century, and Icelandic settlements were subsequently established there under his leadership.
Greenland is the source of many of the weather changes in the northern hemisphere, and knowledge of Greenland weather is of prime importance for the prediction of conditions in the North Atlantic Ocean and in western Europe.
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