Inuit Ataqatigiit (Greenlandic for Community of the People) is a leftist political party in Greenland. The party was born out of the increased youth radicalism in Denmark during the 1970s. The party strives to make Greenland an independent state.
Inuit Ataqatigiit | |
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| Leader | Kuupik Kleist |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland |
| Ideology | Socialism, Greenlandic nationalism and independance. |
| Website | |
| www.ia.gl Template:Kl icon Template:Da icon | |
At the last elections on 15 November 2005, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and seven out of 31 seats.
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. 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.
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