Jens Henrik Winther Thulesen Dahl (born 20 July 1961 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 The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands ...

for the

Denmark Democrats The Denmark Democrats ( da, Danmarksdemokraterne), officially DanmarksdemokraterneInger Støjberg, is a Danish political party founded in June 2022 by Inger Støjberg. In the 2022 election, the Denmark Democrats won 14 seats, thereby making them ...

, and former member of the

Danish People's Party The Danish People's Party ( da, Dansk Folkeparti, DPP/DF) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Denmark. It was formed in 1995 by former members of the Progress Party (FrP). The DPP lent its support to the Venstre– C ...

. He was elected into parliament at the

2011 Danish general election General elections were held in Denmark on 15 September 2011 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. Of those 179, 175 members were elected in Denmark, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The incumbent centre-right coalition led by ...

Background

Jens Henrik Thulesen Dahl is the brother of fellow MF

Kristian Thulesen Dahl Kristian Thulesen Dahl (born 30 July 1969) is a Danish director and former politician who served as Leader of the Danish People's Party (DPP) from 2012 to 2022. He was a Folketing, Member of the Folketing (MF) from September 1994 until July 2022, ...

Political career

Thulesen Dahl has been a member of the municipal council of Assens Municipality since 2010. Thulesen Dahl first ran for parliament in the 2011 general election, where he was elected with 5,594 votes. He was reelected with 9,923 votes in the 2015 election and again in the 2019 election with 2,913 votes. He joined the newly-founded party the Denmark Democrats in August 2022, and was re-elected at the

2022 Danish general election General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 1 November 2022, except in the Faroe Islands, where they were held on 31 October as 1 November was a national day of mourning for victims at sea. Of the 179 members of the Folketing, 175 w ...

with 2,210 votes.

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
Living people 1961 births People from Horsens Municipality Danish People's Party politicians Danish municipal councillors Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 Denmark Democrats politicians {{Denmark-politician-stub