Cabinet Motzfeldt II

Cabinet Motzfeldt II
2. Naalakkersuisut
prime minister	Jonathan Motzfeldt
choice	1983
Legislative period	2.
education	May 3, 1983
The End	June 6, 1984
Duration	1 year and 34 days
predecessor	Cabinet Motzfeldt I
successor	Cabinet Motzfeldt III
composition
Party (s)	Siumut , Inuit Ataqatigiit
minister	6th
representation
Inatsisartut	14/26

The Motzfeldt II cabinet was the second government in Greenland . It was formed after the 1983 election to the Inatsisartut .

Emergence

While the Siumut still held the absolute majority in parliament with 13 of 21 seats in the Inatsisartut election in 1979, the Atassut was now able to gain the most votes. However, Siumut and Atassut each achieved twelve seats, two went to the Inuit Ataqatigiit, who was moving in for the first time . Since a coalition between the conservative Atassut and the left Inuit Ataqatigiit was ruled out, Prime Minister Jonathan Motzfeldt gave upannounced on the morning after the election that it would hold talks with the Atassut to form a grand coalition with 24 out of 26 seats, as well as with the Inuit Ataqatigiit for a narrower majority. On May 1, it was announced that the Siumut would enter into a coalition with the Inuit Ataqatigiit, although the latter would not receive any ministerial posts. The next day Motzfeldt announced the ministerial posts, which were finally elected on May 3rd.

cabinet

minister	Ministry	annotation
Jonathan Motzfeldt ( Siumut )	prime minister
Agnethe Davidsen ( Siumut )	Social
Stephen Heilmann ( Siumut )	Culture, church and education
Lars Emil Johansen ( Siumut )	Fishing, commerce and industry
Hendrik Nielsen ( Siumut )	Settlements, Labor Market and Youth
Moses Olsen ( Siumut )	Economy, finance and housing

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. ↑ Regeringsforhandlingerne ventes først afsluttet i slutningen af April in the Atuagagdliutit of April 20, 1983
2. ↑ Jonathan: Nu shall vi til at drøfte samarbejdsmulighederne in the Atuagagdliutit of April 13, 1983
3. ↑ Siumutformandens kabale gik atter op in the Atuagagdliutit of May 4, 1983
4. ↑ Nyt landsstyre med seks medlemmer in Atuagagdliutit from May 4, 1983