Hans Kristian Skibby (born 18 January 1969 in

Brædstrup Brædstrup is a former railway town in Jutland, Denmark at the railway between Horsens and Silkeborg which was closed in 1968. Until 1 January 2007 it was the municipal seat of the former Brædstrup Municipality and today, with a population of 3 ...

) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish People's Party. He was elected into parliament at the

2005 Danish general election General elections were held in Denmark on 8 February 2005.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Venstre remained the largest party in the Folketing and his go ...

Political career

Skibby was in the municipal council of Tørring-Uldum Municipality from 1998 to 2006. He has been in the municipal council of

Hedensted Municipality Hedensted Kommune is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland formed out of three former municipalities, one of which with the same name, 1 January 2007 on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. Its seat and main town is Hede ...

since 2006. Skibby first ran for parliament in the 2001 election in the Vejle Constituency. He was not elected into parliament, though he became a substitute member for the constituency. He acted as a substitute member of the Folketing from 16 April 2002 to 31 May 2002. He ran again in the 2005 election and was elected into parliament. When the constituencies were changed in 2007, Skibby ran in the new Østjylland Constituency in the 2007 election. He was reelected in this election, and again in

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with 2,947 votes. He was reelected again in

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with 4,992 votes and in

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with 2,834 votes.Dst.dk
"Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019" Retrieved 14 January 2021

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
Living people 1969 births People from Horsens Municipality Danish municipal councillors Danish People's Party politicians Members of the Folketing 2005–2007 Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Denmark Democrats politicians {{Denmark-politician-stub