Cabinet Motzfeldt I

Cabinet Motzfeldt I
1. Naalakkersuisut
prime minister	Jonathan Motzfeldt
choice	1979
Legislative period	1.
education	May 7, 1979
The End	April 12, 1983
Duration	3 years and 340 days
predecessor	none
successor	Cabinet Motzfeldt II
composition
Party (s)	Siumut
minister	5
representation
Inatsisartut	13/21

The Motzfeldt I cabinet was the first government in Greenland . It was formed with the introduction of the Hjemmestyre in 1979 after the first election to Inatsisartut . So far Greenland has been ruled from Denmark and only had the National Council as a parliament-like body with limited power-political means.

Emergence

After the Inatsisartut election at the end of April 1979, parliament consisted only of members of the Siumut and Atassut . Sulisartut Partiiat and Inuit Ataqatigiit had missed parliamentary entry due to the majority voting system . With 13 elected members, the Siumut provided the majority of the 21 members of parliament, so that no coalition negotiations had to be started. In early May, the party announced the five ministers elected. On May 7th, 13 MPs voted to appoint ministers under Prime Minister Jonathan Motzfeldt .

cabinet

minister	Ministry	annotation
Jonathan Motzfeldt ( Siumut )	prime minister
Anders Andreassen ( Siumut )	Settlements and outer districts
Thue Christiansen ( Siumut )	culture and education
Lars Emil Johansen ( Siumut )	Trade and industry
Moses Olsen ( Siumut )	Social

literature

• Axel Kjær Sørensen: Denmark-Greenland in the Twentieth Century (= Meddelelser om Grønland . Man and Society. 34). Danish Polar Center, Copenhagen 2006, ISBN 87-90369-89-0 , ( digital copy (PDF; 3.35 MB) ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hjemmestyretrefesten in the Atuagagdliutit of May 3, 1979
2. ↑ Since Grønlands første regering blev dannet in the Atuagagdliutit of May 17, 1979