Roskilde
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) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the
Folketing
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for the Venstre political party. He entered parliament in 2018 after
Esben Lunde Larsen Esben is a Norwegian and Danish male given name.
Origin and variants
It originated as a variant of Asbjørn. A common variant is Espen
Notable people
Notable people with this name include:
* Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, Norwegian physician and ...
resigned his seat.
Political career
Kissmeyer was a member of the municipal council of
Ikast Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Ikast municipality was a municipality (Danish language, Danish, ''Municipalities of Denmark, kommune'') in Ringkjøbing County, Ringkøbing on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 294.3&nb ...
from 1994 to 2007 where the municipality was merged with
Brande
Brande is a railway town with a population of 7,449 (1 January 2022)Nørre-Snede Municipality to form
Ikast-Brande Municipality
Ikast-Brande is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 733.69 km2 and has a population of 41,885 (1 January 2022).
On 1 January 2007 Ikast-Brande municipality was created as the result of ...
. Kissmeyer was also the mayor of Ikast Municipality from 2002 to 2007. He was reelected into the new municipal council, and remained as mayor from the municipality's foundation in 2007 to 2018. In 2018, he entered the regional council of the
Central Denmark Region
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.
Kissmeyer had run for parliament in the
2015 Danish general election
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark
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, but did not get elected, receiving 4,567 personal votes. He became Venstre's secondary substitute in the West Jutland constituency, after Mads Rørvig. When Esben Lunde Larsen resigned his seat on 2 October 2018, Mads Rørvig was initially going to take over the seat, being Venstre's primary substitute in the constituency. Rørvig declined, not wanting to leave his job. The position was then offered to the secondary substitute, which was Carsten Kissmeyer. Kissmeyer ran again in the 2019 election and was elected directly into parliament with 7,245 votes.