Tillie Martinussen
Tillie Martinussen (born 1980) is a Greenlandic politician of the Cooperation Party. She was a member of the Inatsisartut, Greenland's parliament, from 2018 to 2021. She helped form the Cooperation Party in 2018, and was the only member of the party to be represented in the Inatsisartut from that year's election; she did not return to parliament after the 2021 election. She is an opponent to Greenlandic independence.
Early life
[edit]Tillie Martinussen was born in the summer of 1980 in Nuuk.[1] When she was seven, there was a commotion in her home, and her parents divorced.[1] She was then placed in an orphanage in Denmark.[2] She does not speak Kalaallisut.[3]
Career
[edit]Martinussen helped found the Cooperation Party in 2018.[4] She was elected in the 2018 Greenlandic general election to the Inatsisartut as the only member of the party.[5] She has been the chairwoman of the Cooperation Party since December 2020, having been the acting chair since 2018.[6] In 2020, the party's regional branch in Sermersooq expressed distrust of her, saying that she allegedly used party funds for private expenses to a "shockingly large extent", including cosmetics, restaurant visits, and grocery shopping.[7]
In the run-up to the 2021 Greenlandic general election, she said her party will focus on business development, expansions in social welfare, and increase taxes.[8] She believes that those who criticize colonialism are Denmark-residing Greenlandic youth, and that defacing a statue of Hans Egede—a missionary in Greenland during the eighteenth century—with calls of decolonisation is met with skepticism by those who live in Greenland.[9] She is a staunch critic of Greenlandic independence, who wishes to privatise a share of state-owned companies.[10] Her party won no seats, and she did not return to the Inatsisartut.[11] Her internal party revolt due to the expenses controversy may have cost them the election.[10] Ultimately, those who criticised her were expelled from the party.[10]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Sermitsiaq 2020.
- ^ Kampen om Grønland; Sermitsiaq 2020.
- ^ Kampen om Grønland.
- ^ Lindstrøm 2020; Sermitsiaq 2020.
- ^ Arctic Consensus 2018.
- ^ Lindstrøm 2020.
- ^ Veirum 2020: "chokerende stort omfang".
- ^ Sermitsiaq 2021.
- ^ Søndergaard & Fallesen 2021.
- ^ a b c Martins 2021.
- ^ Synnestvedt 2021.
Bibliography
[edit]- Veirum, Thomas Munk (23 October 2020). "Regionsafdeling udtrykker mistillid til Martinussen" [Regional department expresses distrust of Martinussen]. Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- Lindstrøm, Merete (21 December 2020). "Tillie Martinussen valgt til formand" [Tillie Martinussen elected chairman]. Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- Martins, Jorge (9 April 2021). "Esquerda independentista vence eleições na Gronelândia" [Independentist left wins elections in Greenland]. Esquerda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- Søndergaard, Britta; Fallesen, Lærke Schmidt (3 April 2021). "Den nye generation vil styrke Grønlands selvværd og globale udsyn" [The new generation will strengthen Greenland's self-esteem and global outlook]. Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- Synnestvedt, Anne Meisner (7 April 2021). "Tillie og Vittus' små partier får ingen pladser i Inatsisartut" [Tillie and Vittus' small parties get no seats in Inatsisartut]. KNR (in Danish). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "Resultatet af valget til Grønlands landsting, Inatsisartut er nu afgjort" [Results of the election to Greenland's parliament, Inatsisartut, now official] (in Danish). Arctic Consensus. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "Om filmen" [About the film]. Kampen om Grønland. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "En politiker bliver til" [A politician becomes]. Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). 13 September 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "Tillie vil kæmpe for de sårbare" [Tillie will fight for the vulnerable]. Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). 13 March 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.