Peter Kofod Hristov (born Peter Kofod Poulsen, 27 February 1990) is a Danish politician who was elected as a
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
in
2019
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. He served in the
Folketing
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from June 2015 to June 2019.
[. Accessed on 3 June 2019.]
During his term in the Folketing, he represented the
Danish People's Party
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The party saw a period of significant growth after its founding a ...
(DPP). As of July 2019, the DPP is on the parliamentary group Identity and Democracy. At the 2022 Danish general election, 2022 general election, he was once again elected a member of the Folketing.
Biography
Born in Snogebæk on Bornholm and as the son of a blacksmith and nurse, Peter Kofod graduated from the Signal Regiment (Denmark), Signal Regiment in 2010 and later worked as a primary school teacher in Haderslev. He was a city councillor in Haderslev Municipality beginning in 2014, and was in the regional council for Region of Southern Denmark, Southern Denmark from 2014–2015.
He adopted the surname Hristov when he married his wife Vasileva in 2018
but did not use the name in political contexts. At the 2022 general election, Kofod was once again elected a member of the Folketing with 3,887 person votes in South Jutland (Folketing constituency), South Jutland. On 10 November, it was announced that he and Vasileva had agreed to divorce.
References
External links
Website on the Danish People's Party's site
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1990 births
Living people
MEPs for Denmark 2019–2024
People from Bornholm
Members of the Folketing 2015–2019
Members of the Folketing 2022–2026