Tillie Martinussen (born 1980) is a Greenlandic politician of the

Cooperation Party The Cooperation Party ( da, Samarbejdspartiet; kl, Suleqatigiissitsisut) is a Greenlandic liberal party founded in March 2018 by Inatsisartut MPs Michael Rosing and Tillie Martinussen, both formerly of the Democrats. The party advocates economi ...

. 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

Tillie Martinussen was born in the summer of 1980 in Nuuk. When she was seven, there was a commotion in her home, and her parents divorced. She was then placed in an orphanage in Denmark. She does not speak

Kalaallisut Kalaallisut may refer to: * Greenlandic language * West Greenlandic West Greenlandic ( da, vestgrønlandsk), also known as Kalaallisut, is the primary language of Greenland and constitutes the Greenlandic language, spoken by the vast majority of ...

Career

Martinussen helped found the

in 2018. She was elected in the

2018 Greenlandic general election General elections were held in Greenland on 24 April 2018, electing all 31 members of Parliament. The elections were required to be held no later than 26 November 2018, four years after the previous elections on 27 November 2014, but Prime Minist ...

to the Inatsisartut as the only member of the party. She has been the chairwoman of the Cooperation Party since December 2020, having been the acting chair since 2018. 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. In the run-up to the

2021 Greenlandic general election Snap general elections were held in Greenland on 6 April 2021 alongside local elections.colonialism Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may impose their relig ...

are Denmark-residing Greenlandic youth, and that defacing a statue of

Hans Egede Hans Poulsen Egede (31 January 1686 – 5 November 1758) was a Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary who launched mission efforts to Greenland, which led him to be styled the Apostle of Greenland. He established a successful mission among the Inui ...

—a missionary in Greenland during the eighteenth century—with calls of decolonisation is met with skepticism by those who live in Greenland. She is a staunch critic of Greenlandic independence, who wishes to privatise a share of state-owned companies. Her party won no seats, and she did not return to the Inatsisartut. Her internal party revolt due to the expenses controversy may have cost them the election. Ultimately, those who criticised her were expelled from the party.

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