Tonni Hansen (born 25 April 1958) is a Danish politician. He is a member of the Socialist People's Party and has been the mayor of Langeland Municipality since 2018. He has worked with furniture manufacturing and later with unions. He has also worked with development in

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. Hansen is married and has two children.

Political career

Before the creating of Langeland Municipality, Hansen was in the municipal council of

Rudkøbing Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Rudkøbing Municipality was a municipality (Danish language, Danish: ''List of municipalities of Denmark (1970–2006), kommune'') in the former Funen County, on the central parts of the island of Langeland. It also included th ...

from 1986 and until the municipality was merged with Sydlangeland and Tranekær in 2007. In the

2014 European Parliament election The 2014 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 22 and 25 May 2014. It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties field ...

, Hansen ran for European Parliament and became the 2nd substitute for the Socialist People's Party. Hansen was elected into Langeland Municipality's municipal council - and also chosen as mayor - at the

2017 Danish local elections Local elections were held on 21 November 2017 for Denmark's 98 municipal councils and five regional councils. All 2,432 seats were contested for the 2018–21 term of office, together with 205 seats (a fixed number of 41 seats in each council) ...

, after not having run for municipal councils since the merge of the three former municipalities on Langeland in 2007. In the election he received the most votes, by far, in the municipality with 2,189 votes. In comparison, the person with the second-most votes in the municipality received 428 votes.Kmdvalg.dk
"Kommunalvalg d. 21 november 2017 - Langeland Kommune" Retrieved 1 January 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Tonni 1958 births Living people Danish municipal councillors Mayors of places in Denmark People from Langeland Municipality Socialist People's Party (Denmark) politicians