Speaker of the Parliament of Greenland

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Incumbent Mimi Karlsen since 22 September 2023
Parliament of Greenland
Style	Mister Speaker/Madam Speaker
Reports to	Monarch of Denmark
Residence	Inatsisartut
Seat	Nuuk, Greenland
Nominator	Prime Minister of Greenland
Appointer	Elected by the Parliament
Term length	One year
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Denmark
Precursor	Chairman of the Landsråd of Greenland
Formation	1979
First holder	Jonathan Motzfeldt
Website	inatsisartut.gl

Politics of Greenland


Constitution Constitution Act of Succession Freedom of Speech and the Press Taxation
The Crown Monarch King Frederik X Privy Council Purveyors to the Royal Court
Realm Kingdom of Denmark (The unity of the Realm) Greenland Denmark Faroe Islands
Executive Regeringen The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark Government Frederiksen II Prime Minister (list) Mette Frederiksen Government Offices Ministries High Commissioner (list) Julie Præst Wilche Naalakkersuisut The Government of Greenland Government Egede II Premier (list) Múte Bourup Egede Government Offices Ministries Privy Council Council of State Queen Margrethe II
Legislature Inatsisartut Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen Members Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (72nd Kingdom Parliament) Speaker Søren Gade Members
Judiciary Supreme Court President Poul Søgaard High Court Courts
Elections Political parties Recent elections Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark: 2011 2015 2019 Greenlandic Parliament: 2013 2014 2018 2021 Local elections: 2017 2021 Referendums Act of Succession Self-government EEC membership Home rule Alcohol
Administrative divisions Municipalities Cities and towns Unincorporated Areas: National Park Pituffik Space Base (Pituffik)
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Steen Lynge Diplomatic missions of / to Greenland Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Arctic policy of the Kingdom Greenland–European Union relations Overseas countries and territories EU-OCT Association (OCTA) Politics of the European Union Arctic policy of the EU
Related topics Arctic Command Defence Command Politics of Denmark Politics of the Faroe Islands Unitarism Self rule
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The position of Speaker (Greenlandic: Siulittaasoq) (Danish: Formand) of the Inatsisartut (the Greenlandic Parliament) was created in 1979.^[1] The preceding office was Chairman of the Landsråd of Greenland.

List of speakers of the Greenlandic Parliament

Below is a list of office-holders:^[1]

	Speaker of the Inatsisartut (Born-Died)	Term	Party	Notes
1.	Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938–2010)	1979–1988	Siumut	^[1]
2.	Lars Chemnitz (1925–2006)	1989–1991	Atassut	^[1]
3.	Bendt Frederiksen (1940–2012)	1991–1995	Siumut	^[1]
4.	Knud Sørensen (1935–2009)	1995–1997	Atassut	^[1]
5.	Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938–2010)	1997	Siumut	^[1]
6.	Anders Andreassen (1944–)	1997–1999	Siumut	^[1]
7.	Johan Lund Olsen (1958–)	1999	Inuit Ataqatigiit	^[1]
8.	Ole Lynge (1956–)	1999–2001	Inuit Ataqatigiit	^[1]
9.	Daniel Skifte (1936–2020)	2001–2002	Atassut	^[1]
10.	Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938–2010)	2002–2008	Siumut	^[1]
11.	Ruth Heilmann (1945–)	2008–2009	Siumut
12.	Josef Motzfeldt (1941–)	2009–2013	Inuit Ataqatigiit
13.	Lars Emil Johansen (1946–)	2013–2018	Siumut
14.	Hans Enoksen (1956–)	2018	Partii Naleraq
15.	Vivian Motzfeldt (1972–)	2018–2021	Siumut	^[2]
16.	Hans Enoksen (1972–)	2021–2022	Naleraq
17.	Kim Kielsen (1966–)	2022–2023	Siumut	^[3]
18.	Mimi Karlsen (1957–)	2023–	Inuit Ataqatigiit	^[4]

References and footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Guided Tour of Inatsisartut
The Guided Tour of Inatsisartut contains an error for Ole Lynge and Anders Andreassen: Ole Lynge retained the post of speaker until 7 December 2001 when he resigned and was replaced by Daniel Skifte. It can be found in the parliamentary minutes from that day (in Danish)
^ https://ina.gl/media/2535468/cv-vivian-motzfeldt-da-l.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Lanteigne, Marc (2 May 2022). "Blog: Polar opposites? Greenland's new coalition government". Eye on the Arctic. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
^ Hyldal, Christine (22 September 2023). "Mimi Karlsen trækker sig som naalakkersuisoq - hun er ny formand for Inatsisartut" (in Danish). KNR. Retrieved 22 September 2023.