Office: | Member of the Folketing |
Termstart: | 5 June 2019 |
Constituency: | Copenhagen |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1969 |
Birth Place: | Charlottenlund, Denmark |
Party: | Conservative People's Party |
Katarina Ammitzbøll (born 15 July 1969 in Charlottenlund) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party. She was elected into parliament at the 2019 Danish general election.[1]
Ammitzbøll first ran for parliament in the 2015 Danish general election, where she received 1,149 votes. This resulted in her becoming a substitute member of the Folketing in the 2015-2019 term, though she was not called upon during the term. She was elected into the municipal council of Gentofte Municipality at the 2017 local election. She ran for parliament again in the 2019 election where she received 2,261, securing her a seat in the Folketing.[2] [3]
In late November 2021, Ammitzbøll and Uffe Elbæk aided former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui, who was under criminal investigation, to obtain a visa to leave Hong Kong. Hui used this opportunity to self-exile, as he announced shortly after arriving. Danish reports said that Hong Kong authorities would seek to have Ammitzbøll and Elbæk extradited.[4] [5]