The politics of Greenland,an autonomous country 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. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament Inatsisartut. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Greenland has full autonomy on most matters,except on policies and decisions affecting the region including negotiations with the devolved legislatures and the Folketing.
Siumut is a political party in Greenland in the social democratic tradition. Since the establishment of home rule in 1979,it has been the dominant party in Greenland. Siumut is led by Erik Jensen,who beat the then-incumbent Prime Minister Kim Kielsen in a tight leadership contest in late 2020.
Inuit Ataqatigiit is a democratic socialist,separatist political party in Greenland that aims to make Greenland an independent state. The party,founded as a political organisation in 1976,was born out of the increased youth radicalism in Denmark during the 1970s. Traditionally in favour of a socialist economy,the party has been criticised from the left of having gradually moved towards a capitalist approach,supporting a market economy and privatisation. Inuit Ataqatigiit believes that an independent Greenland should be competitive while fighting to keep the environment clean.
Jakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist is a Greenlandic politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Greenland between 2009 and 2013. A member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party,he was the first Prime Minister not affiliated with Siumut.
Naalakkersuisut,is the chief executive body and the government of Greenland since the island became self-governing in 1979. An "autonomous territory" of the Kingdom of Denmark,takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic territory,whereby the premier leads the cabinet,and of a multi-party system.
The Labour Party was a short-lived leftist political party in Greenland. The party was founded in early 1979 as the political wing of the Sulinermik Inuussutissarsiuteqartut Kattuffiat (SIK) trade union centre. SIK had previously supported Siumut,but that cooperation had been terminated in the fall of 1978.
Aleqa Hammond is a Greenlandic politician and former member of the Danish Folketing (parliament). Formerly the leader of the Siumut party,she became Greenland's first female prime minister after her party emerged as the largest parliamentary faction in the 2013 elections. In 2014 she stepped down as Prime Minister and leader of Siumut,following a case of misuse of public funds. She was expelled from Siumut on 23 August 2016 after yet another case of misuse of public funds and became an independent. On 31 March 2018 she announced that she would be running in the 2018 Greenlandic parliamentary election for the Siumut breakaway Nunatta Qitornai.
The Inuit Party was a separatist party in Greenland,formed by dissidents from the then-governing Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA). The party was opposed to the so-called big-scale law,and wanted a referendum on the law. Mette Lynge represented the party in the Naalakkersuisut (Government) and was minister for dwellings,nature and environment. At the 2014 Greenlandic general election the party did not win any seats in parliament.
Sara Olsvig is a Greenlandic politician and former leader of the Inuit Ataqatigiit political party. She occupied one of Greenland's two seats in the Danish Folketing,15 September 2011 –15 September 2014.
Atassut is a liberal-conservative and unionist political party in Greenland. Founded on 29 April 1978,Atassut is an established partner of the Liberal Party of Denmark.
Aaja Chemnitz Arnatsiaq Larsen is a Greenlandic politician,who is a member of the Danish Folketing for the Inuit Ataqatigiit,representing one of the two parliament seats for Greenland.
Doris J. Jensen,also Doris Jakobsen,is a Greenlandic politician in the Siumut or Forward party. A former member of the Danish Folketing (2011–2015),she became an elected member of the Parliament of Greenland in 2002. In April 2018,she was appointed Minister of Health and Research in the Naalakkersuisut.
Aki-Matilda Tilia Ditte Høegh-Dam is a Danish-Greenlandic politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Siumut political party. She was elected into parliament at the 2019 Danish general election,entering parliament at 22 years old,becoming its youngest member.
Henriette Ellen Kathrine Vilhelmine Rasmussen née Jeremiassen was a Greenlandic educator,journalist,women's rights activist and politician. In 1992,she provided support for the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and in 1996,was appointed principal advisor to the ILO in connection with the 1989 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention. As a member of Inuit Ataqatigiit from the early 1980s,she strove for Greenlandic independence from Denmark and served as Greenland's Minister of Culture and Education (2003–2005).
Múte Inequnaaluk Bourup Egede is a Greenlandic politician currently serving as the seventh prime minister of Greenland,a position he has held since April 2021. He has served as a member of the Inatsisartut,the parliament of Greenland,since 2015,and furthermore as chairman of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party since 2018.
Naaja Nathanielsen is a Greenlandic politician of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party. She was a member of the Inatsisartut from 2009 to 2016,and was re-elected in 2021. She has been the director of Greenland's department of prisons and probation from 2016,and became minister for natural resources in 2021. In her role as minister for natural resources,she banned uranium mining. She is a feminist,and has spoken against domestic violence in the country.
Mariane Paviasen is a Greenlandic politician. She was elected to the Inatsisartut,the parliament of Greenland,during the 2021 general election. She is a member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party and a vocal opponent to uranium mining.
Jens Napãtôᴋ',also known as Jens Napaattooq,is a Greenlandic politician. He is a member of the Inatsisartut,the parliament of Greenland,representing the Naleraq party. He was elected in 2021,made a chairman of two committees,and took a leave of absence after a video surfaced allegedly showing him threatening to attack someone in his home. He underwent treatment for alcohol,and returned to the Inatsisartut by September 2021. He was removed as chairman from his committees in April 2022. In June 2022,he was elected deputy leader of Naleraq.
Naimángitsoᴋ' Petersen was a Greenlandic politician. He was a member of the Atassut party and later Inuit Ataqatigiit. He was a city councilor for Qaanaaq (Thule),and served as its mayor from 2001 to 2005,changing parties during his term. He was also a member of the Inatsisartut,Greenland's parliament,from 1995 to 1999.
The little Danes experiment,also known simply as "the experiment",was a 1951 Danish operation where 22 Greenlandic Inuit children were sent to Danish foster families in an attempt to re-educate them as "little Danes". While the children were all supposed to be orphans,most were not. Six children were adopted while in Denmark,and sixteen returned to Greenland,only to be placed in Danish-speaking orphanages and never live with their families again. Half of the children experienced mental health disturbances,and half of them died in young adulthood. The government of Denmark officially apologised in 2020,after several years of demands from Greenlandic officials.
