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| Choose the first letter to select required country: Government Of Greenland
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| Country name |
conventional long form: none conventional short form: greenland local short form: kalaallit nunaat local long form: none |
| Government type | parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy |
| Capital | Nuuk (Godthab) |
| Administrative divisions | 3 districts (landsdele); Avannaa (Nordgronland), Tunu (Ostgronland), Kitaa (Vestgronland) note: there are 18 municipalities in greenland |
| Independence | none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979) note: foreign affairs is the responsibility of denmark, but greenland actively participates in international agreements relating to greenland |
| National holiday | June 21 (longest day) |
| Constitution | 5 June 1953 (Danish constitution) |
| Legal system | Danish |
| Suffrage | 18 years of age; universal |
| Executive branch |
chief of state: queen margrethe ii of denmark (since 14 january 1972), represented by high commissioner gunnar martens (since na 1995) note: government coalition - siumut and inuit ataqatigiit election results: hans enoksen elected prime minister head of government: prime minister hans enoksen (since 14 december 2002) cabinet: home rule government is elected by the parliament (landstinget) on the basis of the strength of parties elections: the monarchy is hereditary; high commissioner appointed by the monarch; prime minister is elected by parliament (usually the leader of the majority party); election last held 3 december 2002 (next to be held na december 2006) |
| Legislative branch | unicameral Parliament or Landstinget (31 seats; members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)
note: two representatives were elected to the danish parliament or folketing on 20 november 2001 (next to be held no later than november 2005); percent of vote by party - na; seats by party - siumut 1, inuit ataqatigiit 1 election results: percent of vote by party - siumut 28.7%, inuit ataqatigiit 25.5%, atassut party 20.4%, demokratiit 15.6%, katusseqatigiit 5.3%; seats by party - siumut 10, inuit ataqatigiit 8, atassut 7, demokratiit 5, katusseqatigiit 1 elections: last held on 3 december 2002 (next to be held by na december 2006) |
| Judicial branch | High Court or Landsret (appeals can be made to the Ostre Landsret or Eastern Division of the High Court or Supreme Court in Copenhagen) |
| Political parties and leaders | Akulliit Party [Bjarne KREUTZMANN]; Atassut Party (Solidarity, a conservative party favoring continuing close relations with Denmark) [Augusta SALLING]; Demokratiit [Per BERTHELSEN]; Inuit Ataqatigiit or IA (Eskimo Brotherhood, a leftist party favoring complete independence from Denmark rather than home rule) [Josef MOTZFELDT]; Issituup (Polar Party) [Nicolai HEINRICH]; Kattusseqatigiit (Candidate List, an independent right-of-center party with no official platform [leader NA]; Siumut (Forward Party, a social democratic party advocating more distinct Greenlandic identity and greater autonomy from Denmark) [Hans ENOKSEN] |
| Political pressure groups and leaders | NA |
| International organization participation | NC, NIB |
| Diplomatic representation in the US | none (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark) |
| Diplomatic representation from the US | none (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark) |
| Flag description | two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of center - the top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white |
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