Inatsisartut

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Inatsisartut is the unicameral parliament of Greenland, responsible for making laws and overseeing the autonomous territory’s government.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature
public authority
unicameral parliament
alsoKnownAs Landstinget
alsoKnownAsLanguage Danish
budgetaryPower approves public budget of Greenland
building Greenland Parliament building
capital Nuuk
country Greenland
electoralSystemFeature multi-member constituencies
nationwide proportional representation component
elects Prime Minister of Greenland
established 1979
foundationLegalBasis Greenland Home Rule Act
governmentType parliamentary system
hasAuthorityOver autonomous territory of Greenland
hasCommitteeType special committees
standing committees
hasLeadershipPosition Speaker of the Inatsisartut
hasWebsite https://ina.gl
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Greenland
isPartOf political system of Greenland
isSubordinateTo Constitution of the Kingdom of Denmark
jurisdiction Greenland
languageUsed Danish
Greenlandic
legislativeType unicameral
locatedIn Greenland
meetsIn Nuuk
nativeName Inatsisartut
nativeNameLanguage Greenlandic
officialName Parliament of Greenland
oversees Government of Greenland
oversightMechanism committees of inquiry
parliamentary questions
parentState Kingdom of Denmark
primaryFunction government oversight
lawmaking
reformedBy Greenland Self-Government Act
replaced Greenland Provincial Council
role representation of the people of Greenland
seats 31
sessionType plenary sessions
sovereigntyStatus subnational legislature within the Kingdom of Denmark
termLength 4 years
votingAge 18
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Inuktitut ("Inuit Uqausinginnik Taiguusiliuqtiit")
hasRegulator
Greenland
legislature
Inatsisartut
nativeName

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