John Dyrby Paulsen (born 12 July 1963) is a Danish politician. He is a member of the party

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, and is the current mayor of

Slagelse Municipality Slagelse Municipality is a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in Region Zealand on the west coast of the island of Zealand (Danish: ''Sjælland'') in Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 571 km². The municipality borders Kalundborg ...

. He was elected mayor after the

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, though has been in the municipal council since 2014. Before that he sat in the

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under two different constituencies from 2006 to 2015. He also acted as a temporary member of parliament twice, first period between 10 March 2005 to 30 April 2005 and second period between 6 September 2005 to 6 February 2006. He also sat in the municipal council of the now defunct

Korsør Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Korsør Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the former West Zealand County, on the southwestern coast of the island of Zealand, in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 74.25 km2, and h ...

between 1998 and 2005.Tv2east.dk
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