Søren Egge Rasmussen (born 2 July 1961) is a Danish politician, serving as a member of the

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for the

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political party. He was elected at the

2015 Danish general election General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 18 June 2015 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. 175 members were elected in the Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. Although the ruling Social Democrats b ...

, and again re-elected in the

2022 Danish general election General elections were held in the Danish Realm, 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 Fo ...

Political career

Rasmussen was a member of the municipal council of

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from 1994 to 2001. On three occasions he served as substitute member of the Folketing. His first period as a substitute was from 23 to 30 May in 2002, substituting for Keld Albrechtsen. The next two substitute periods were as replacement for Frank Aaen: from 23 December to 18 December 2005 and from 21 March to 18 April 2006. Rasmussen ran in the 2015 general election and was elected on a levelling seat, receiving 1,124 votes. In the 2019 election he received 1,453, which was initially not enough for a seat in parliament, but made him the party's primary substitute in the constituency. However the elected politician Nikolaj Villumsen had already been elected to the

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, and declined to also take the seat in the Folketing. That made Rasmussen the elected politician instead, securing him re-election. An initial miscount caused Rasmussen to believe he had lost his seat, but he was later confirmed to have retained it.

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
1961 births Living people People from Randers Municipality Aarhus municipal council members Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 {{Denmark-politician-stub