Parliament of Greenland

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The Parliament of Greenland, known in Greenlandic as Inatsisartut, is the unicameral legislative body responsible for enacting laws and overseeing the self-government of Greenland within the Kingdom of Denmark.

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instanceOf legislative body
parliament
unicameral legislature
alsoKnownAs Greenlandic Parliament
constitutionalFramework Greenland Self-Government Act
constitutionalStatus self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark
country Greenland
electoralDistricts multi-member constituencies
elects Prime Minister of Greenland
Speaker of the Parliament of Greenland
established 1979
foundedBy Home Rule Act of Greenland
governsFor people of Greenland
hasAuthorityOver most internal affairs of Greenland
hasCommittee Finance Committee of the Parliament of Greenland
Foreign and Security Policy Committee of the Parliament of Greenland
hasPower to approve the budget of Greenland
to enact legislation within devolved competences
hasSpeakerTitle Speaker of the Parliament of Greenland
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Greenland
jurisdiction Greenland
legalSystemContext Danish legal tradition
legislativeType unicameral
locatedIn Greenland
Nuuk
meetsIn Inatsisartut building
meetsInTimeZone Western Greenland Time
linked to: West Greenland Time
nativeName Inatsisartut
numberOfHouses 1
numberOfMembers 31
officialLanguage Danish
Greenlandic
linked to: Kalaallisut
oversees Government of Greenland
parentState Denmark
partOf Kingdom of Denmark
linked to: Realm of Denmark
passes laws for Greenland
predecessor Provincial Council of Greenland
reformed 2009
reformedBy Self-Government Act of Greenland
sessionType plenary sessions
shortName Inatsisartut
subordinateTo constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of Denmark
supervises executive branch of Greenland
symbol coat of arms of Greenland
termLength 4 years
votingSystem party-list proportional representation
website https://ina.gl

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Inatsisartut officialName Parliament of Greenland
Nuuk hasParliament Parliament of Greenland
Nuuk hosts Greenlandic Parliament
linked to: Parliament of Greenland
Government of Greenland legislativeBody Parliament of Greenland
Government of Greenland appointedBy Parliament of Greenland
Greenland Provincial Council replacedBy Home Rule institutions of Greenland
linked to: Parliament of Greenland
Landstinget seeAlso Parliament of Greenland
Landstinget referredToAs Greenland’s parliament
linked to: Parliament of Greenland
Greenland Parliament building servesAsSeatOf Parliament of Greenland
Greenland Parliament building legislativeBody Parliament of Greenland
Prime Minister of Greenland appointedBy Parliament of Greenland
Prime Minister of Greenland legislativeBody Parliament of Greenland
Greenland Home Rule Act establishes Greenlandic parliament (Landsting / Inatsisartut) as a legislative body for internal affairs
linked to: Parliament of Greenland
Speaker of the Inatsisartut partOf Parliament of Greenland
Parliament of Greenland alsoKnownAs Greenlandic Parliament
linked to: Parliament of Greenland