Søren Søndergaard (politician) explained

Søren Søndergaard
Honorific-Suffix:MEP
Office:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start:2007
Term End:2014
Constituency:Denmark
Office1:Member of the Folketing
Term Start1:18 June 2015
Constituency1:Greater Copenhagen
Term Start2:21 September 1994
Term End2:8 February 2005
Constituency2:Copenhagen
Birth Date:16 August 1955
Birth Place:Kyndby, Denmark
Party:Red–Green Alliance
People's Movement against the EU

Søren Bo Søndergaard (born 16 August 1955 in Kyndby) is a Danish teacher, metalworker and politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Red-Green Alliance. He was elected into parliament at the 2015 Danish general election, and previously served from 1994 to 2005. He was a Member of the European Parliament for the People's Movement against the EU and associated member of GUE/NGL from 2007 to 2014.

Biography

Søren Søndergaard was born into the family of engineer Ernst Søndergaard and office assistant Birthe Søndergaard. His parents had been married five years earlier in May 1950 at Lyngby Church.[1]

Political career

Søndergaard was first elected into the Folketing at the 1994 election. During his first term in the Folketing, he became a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and a rapporteur on Albania and political prisoners in Azerbaijan.[2] He was reelected in 1998 and 2001. From 2006 to 2007 he was a municipal council member of Gladsaxe Municipality. From 2007 to 2014 he was a member of the European Parliament. After the 2014 European Parliament election he failed to get reelected. In 2015 he ran for national parliament again and was elected through a constituency mandate in the Copenhagen Suburbs Constituency.[3] He was reelected in 2019.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kyndby sogn, Horns, Frederiksborg - Kirkebøger . 2024-03-11 . www.danishfamilysearch.dk . da.
  2. Web site: 2008-08-28 . Miqesia. Erfaringsprojekt. Europardet . 2024-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080828170433/http://miqesia.dk/erfaring/CoE.htm . 2008-08-28 .
  3. Web site: 2015-06-19 . Goddag – her er de nye ansigter i Folketinget . 2024-03-11 . Altinget.dk.
  4. Web site: Søren Søndergaard (EL) . Ft.dk . 19 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Søren Bo Søndergaard . Altinget.dk . 19 August 2021.