Danish colonization of the Americas island had become an American protectorate. Following the war, the former corporate policy was discontinued: the North and South Greenland colonies were united and the RGTD's monopoly officially ended. In 1953, Greenland's colonial status was ended and it was made an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark with representation in the Folketing. In 1979, the Folketing granted the island home rule and, in 2009, all matters other than defense and foreign policy were transferred to the regional parliament. Explorers (mainly Norwegians), scientists, merchants (mainly Danish) and settlers from Denmark–Norway took possession of the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin
Speaker of the Croatian Parliament within 60 days of the vacancy in the presidency having occurred and the Speaker shall serve as Acting President until the newly elected President is sworn in for a full 5-year term of office. Under the same article of the constitution, the President of Croatia may unilaterally choose to temporarily delegate authority to the Speaker of the Parliament for shorter periods of time, e.g. whenever the President is not present in the country, is ill or is on vacation. In this case it is up to the President to determine when he or she wishes to fully resume authority once