Naleraq (), previously known as Partii Naleraq, is a

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pro-independence political party in

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. The party favors greater cooperation with the

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. While parties such as

Inuit Ataqatigiit Inuit Ataqatigiit (, old spelling: , , , IA) is a democratic socialist, Greenlandic independence, pro-independence political party in Greenland. It is represented in the Folketing (the Danish parliament) by Aaja Chemnitz Larsen. Múte B. Egede ha ...

and

Siumut Siumut (SIU, ; ; ) is a political party in Greenland in the social democratic tradition. Since the establishment of home rule in 1979, it has been the dominant party in Greenland. Siumut is led by Erik Jensen, who beat the then-incumbent Prime ...

also favor independence, Naleraq is seen as advocating for more immediate independence, and promised in the lead-up to the 2025

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to hold a

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on the issue.

History

In January 2014

Hans Enoksen Hans Enoksen (born 7 August 1956) is a Greenlandic politician who has been a member of the Parliament of Greenland since 1995, and was prime minister of Greenland from 2002 to 2009, the third to hold the position. A monolingualism, unilingual Gre ...

announced that he was forming a new political party after leaving

. In the November 2014 general election the party won three seats, taken by Enoksen,

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(another former Siumut member) and

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(a former

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member). In the April 2018 general election the party increased its vote share and won four seats in parliament. In May 2018 MP Henrik Fleischer left the party and switched to

. On 15 February 2021 the party changed its name and logo. In June 2022

resigned as party chairman of the party, and was replaced by

Pele Broberg Pele Broberg (born 3 November 1972) is a Greenlandic politician, entrepreneur and pilot who is the current Chairman of Naleraq since 2022. He previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade, Climate, and Business in 2021, though the forei ...

. On 10 February 2025, Folketing member

Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam Aki-Matilda Tilia Ditte Høegh-Dam (born 17 October 1996) is a Greenlandic pro-independence politician who currently serves in the Folketing and concurrently in the Inatsisartut. She was elected to the Folketing during the 2019 Danish general ...

departed Siumut and joined Naleraq, saying that Siumut was insufficiently committed to Greenlandic independence. At the elections the next month, Naleraq finished a surprising second, winning eight seats, double their previous total.

Election results

Inatsisartut

Folketing

References

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