Sikandar Siddique (born 4 October 1986 in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

) is a Danish politician who was 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 ...

from 2019 to 2022. He was elected in the

2019 Danish general election General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing; 175 in Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the European Parliament ...

as a member of The Alternative. He is the co-founder and leader of Independent Greens.

Political career

Siddique was elected into parliament in the 2019 election as a member of The Alternative. In March 2020 Siddique and three other members of The Alternative left the party. Siddique founded the new Independent Greens party with

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and

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. Siddique was not re-elected in 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 ...

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
1986 births Living people Politicians from Copenhagen The Alternative (Denmark) politicians Independent Greens (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Leaders of political parties in Denmark Danish people of Pakistani descent {{Denmark-politician-stub