Rasmus Nordqvist | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Denmark | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
Member of the Folketing | |
In office 18 June 2015 –1 November 2022 | |
Constituency | Zealand |
Personal details | |
Born | Copenhagen,Denmark | 18 July 1975
Political party | Socialist People's Party (2020–present) |
Other political affiliations | The Alternative (2013–2020) |
Rasmus Nordqvist (born 18 July 1975) is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party. He was elected into parliament in the 2015 Danish general election as a member of The Alternative,but changed party to the SPP in 2020.
Nordqvist was elected into parliament as a member of The Alternative in the 2015 election. He was reelected in 2019,but left the party shortly after - along with Uffe Elbæk,Sikandar Siddique and Susanne Zimmer. The three other former Alternative members went on to found a new party,the Independent Greens,while Nordqvist instead remained independent for two months before joining the Socialist People's Party. [1] [2]
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