<item><hi format=bold>Independence:</hi> none (part of the Danish realm; self-governing overseas administrative division)
<item><hi format=bold>National holiday:</hi> Birthday of the Queen, 16 April (1940)
<item><hi format=bold>Constitution:</hi> 5 June 1953 (Danish constitution)
<item><hi format=bold>Legal system:</hi> Danish
<item><hi format=bold>Suffrage:</hi> 18 years of age; universal
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of state:</hi> Queen MARGRETHE II (since 14 January 1972), represented by High Commissioner Torben Hede PEDERSEN (since NA)
<item>• <hi format=ital>head of government:</hi> Home Rule Chairman Lars Emil JOHANSEN (since 15 March 1991)
<item>• <hi format=ital>cabinet:</hi> Landsstyre; formed from the Landsting on basis of strength of parties
<item><hi format=bold>Parliament (Landsting):</hi> elections last held on 5 March 1991 (next to be held 5 March 1995); results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(27 total) Siumut 11, Atassut Party 8, Inuit Ataqatigiit 5, Center Party 2, Polar Party 1
<item><hi format=bold>Danish Folketing:</hi> last held on 12 December 1990 (next to be held by December 1994); Greenland elects two representatives to the Folketing; results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(2 total) Siumut 1, Atassut 1
<item><hi format=bold>Judicial branch:</hi> High Court (Landsret)
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi> two-party ruling coalition; Siumut (a moderate socialist party that advocates more distinct Greenlandic identity and greater autonomy from Denmark), Lars Emil JOHANSEN, chairman; Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA; a Marxist-Leninist party that favors complete independence from Denmark rather than home rule), Arqaluk LYNGE; Atassut Party (a more conservative party that favors continuing close relations with Denmark), leader NA; Polar Party (conservative-Greenland nationalist), Lars CHEMNITZ; Center Party (a new nonsocialist protest party), leader NA
<item><hi format=bold>Diplomatic representation in US:</hi> none (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)
<item><hi format=bold>Flag:</hi> two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of center—the top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white