Siumut

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Siumut
Siumut logo.png
Kim Kielsen, Siumut (S) Greenland. Nordiska radets session i Reykjavik 2010.jpg
Party leader Kim Kielsen
Alignment Social democracy
founding 1977
Headquarters Nuuk
Sit in the Inatsisartut
10/31
Member of the Folketing Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam
www.siumut.gl

The Siumut (German forward ) is a political party in Greenland .

history

The origin of the founding of the Siumut lies in the decision taken in 1971 by the three politicians Jonathan Motzfeldt , Lars Emil Johansen and Moses Olsen to establish a political group that campaigns for the independence of Greenland. At first she saw the European Union as the main adversary, after Greenland became part of it in 1972, because it was seen as a decisive driver for undesired modernization against the Greenlandic culture and against national self-determination. In 1975, Moses Olsen first published the newspaper Sujumut , which advocated political self-determination in Greenland and the self-identification of the Greenlanders. In 1976, individual local associations of party form were founded and in July 1977 it was founded as a national party.

The first political goal was achieved in 1979 with the introduction of the Hjemmestyre , which made Greenland autonomous for the first time. The EU left the EU in 1985 after a referendum held in 1982 and the Greenland Treaty was drawn up in 1984. Before that, Siumut politician Finn Lynge had sat for Greenland in the EU Parliament .

In the first parliamentary election in Greenland in 1979, the Siumut achieved an absolute majority, which has never been achieved by any party since. However, in the first few years the Siumut on the left-nationalist side and the Atassut on the right-wing unionist side united almost all voters, so that the first Greenland parliament was only a two-party parliament. Four years later, the Atassut managed to get more votes than the Siumut, but just as many parliamentary seats. Therefore, the left Inuit Ataqatigiit decided who they wanted to form a coalition with and let the Siumut continue to rule. In the following years Atassut and Siumut continued to fight for political supremacy in the country, which always fell in favor of the Siumut. Only in 2009, after 30 years in power, was the Siumut overtaken by the Inuit Ataqatigiit, so that they had to switch to the opposition. Four years later she was able to regain government power and has been the head of government since then.

Political orientation

The first party program of the Siumut called for political autonomy within the Rigsfællesskabet with Denmark , which should lead to independence in the long term, if this is economically possible. To do this, she called for a withdrawal from the EU and demanded full self-determination by the Inuit over their own affairs, such as the use of mineral resources. In social terms, it is committed to social security and fair distribution of income, which means that the Siumut can be classified as a social democratic party.

Party leader

Election results

Parliamentary elections

choice be right Share of votes Seats space episode
1979 08,505 46.1%
13/21
 1 absolute majority
1983 10,371 42.3%
12/26
 2 Senior Government Partner
1984 09,949 44.1%
11/25
 1 Senior Government Partner
1987 09,980 39.8%
11/27
 2 Senior partner in the government, from 1988 sole minority government
1991 09,336 37.3%
11/27
 1 Senior Government Partner
1995 09,803 38.4%
12/31
 1 Senior Government Partner
1999 09,899 35.2%
11/31
 1 Senior Government Partner
2002 08,151 28.8%
10/31
 1 Senior Government Partner
2005 08,855 30.7%
10/31
 1 Senior Government Partner
2009 07,567 26.8%
9/31
 2 opposition
2013 12,910 43.2%
14/31
 1 Senior Government Partner
2014 10,108 34.6%
11/31
 1 Senior Government Partner
2018 07,959 27.4%
9/31
 1 Senior Government Partner

Folk elections

choice be right Share of votes Seats space MP
1977 9.214 52.3%
1/2
 1 Lars Emil Johansen
1979 6,273 44.1%
1/2
 2 Preben Lange
1981 7.126 37.7%
1/2
 2 Preben Lange
1984 9,148 42.8%
1/2
 2 Preben Lange
1987 6,944 43.3%
1/2
 1 Preben Lange
1988 8,415 40.1%
1/2
 1 Hans Pavia Rosing
1990 8,272 42.8%
1/2
 1 Hans Pavia Rosing
1994 Candidates started in the candidate network
1998 8,502 36.5%
1/2
 1 Hans Pavia Rosing
2001 6,033 25.9%
1/2
 1 Lars Emil Johansen
2005 7,775 33.6%
1/2
 1 Lars Emil Johansen
2007 8,075 32.2%
1/2
 2 Lars Emil Johansen
2011 8,374 37.2%
1/2
 2 Doris Jakobsen
2015 7,854 38.9%
1/2
 2 Aleqa Hammond
2019 6,058 30.3%
1/2
 2 Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Siumut . In: Mark Nuttall (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Arctic . Routledge, New York / London 2005, ISBN 978-1-136-78680-8 , pp. 1917 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ Anniversary magazine of Siumut 2017 (p. 70f)
  3. ^ Siumut in Den Store Danske