Inuit Ataqatigiit
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| Inuit Community Inuit Ataqatigiit |
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| Leader | Kuupik Kleist[1] |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism[2], Separatism[3], Socialism, Left-wing nationalism, Independence for Greenland |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament Group | None |
| Official colours | Red and White |
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| Politics of Denmark Political parties Elections |
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Inuit Ataqatigiit (Greenlandic for Community of the People) is a leftist political party in Greenland.[4][1] The party was born out of the increased youth radicalism in Denmark during the 1970s. The party strives to make Greenland an independent state.[5]
In the 2005 elections, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and seven out of 31 seats.[2] Four years later, Inuit Ataqatigiit won a 44% plurality of the popular vote and doubled their share of parliamentary seats to 14 out of 31 seats in the June 2009 elections.[4]
Inuit Community is represented in the Folketing, the Danish parliament, by Juliane Henningsen. Its current president is Kuupik Kleist, member of the Parliament of Greenland.[1] Kleist replaced Josef Motzfeldt as president in 2008. In the Danish 2007 parliamentary elections, it retained one of Greenland's two seats in the 179-seat Danish Folketing.
[edit] 2009 Elections
Inuit Ataqatigiit made a major electoral breakthrough in the 2009 Greenlandic parliamentary election. Making gains from the 2005 Greenlandic parliamentary election, it doubled its total number of seats in the Parliament from 7 to 14 seats - just two seats short of a majority - and nearly doubled its total vote from 22.4% to 43.7%. It supplanted both its coalition partners, shifting the Forward party from first to second and the Democrats party from second to third.[5][1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Opposition win Greenland election". BBC News. 2009-06-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8080434.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ a b "Greenland wakes up to first power shift in 30 years". The Copenhagen Post. 2009-06-03. http://www.cphpost.dk/news/politics/90-politics/45828-greenland-wakes-up-to-first-power-shift-in-30-years.html. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ "Pro-independence party wins Greenland parliament election". Agence France-Presse. The Times of India. 2009-06-03. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pro-independence-party-wins-Greenland-parliament-election/articleshow/4611464.cms. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ a b Ringstrom, Anna (2009-06-03). "Landslide win for Greenland opposition". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL3307992. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ a b Olsen, Jan M. (2009-06-03). "Left-wing party set to take power in Greenland after winning parliamentary vote". Associated Press. Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-eu-greenland-elections,1,883545.story. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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