Ninosca Victoria Risbjerg Velásquez (born 18 July 1991) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the

Folketing The Folketing ( , ), 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 and Greenland. E ...

for the

Red–Green Alliance In politics, a red–green alliance or red–green coalition is an alliance of "red" (often social-democratic or democratic socialist) parties with "green" (often green and/or occasionally agrarian) parties. The alliance is often based on commo ...

political party. She was elected at the

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

Political career

Velasquez stood in the

2014 European Parliament election The 2014 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 22 and 25 May 2014. It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties field ...

for the

People's Movement against the EU The People's Movement against the EU () is a far-left political association in Denmark against the European Union. It was founded in 1972 as a cross-party campaign platform for a 'no' vote in Denmark's referendum on EEC membership. The People's ...

but was not elected. She ran in the 2019 election for national parliament and was elected for the Red-Green Alliance. She is the 10th candidate for the

at the

2024 European Parliament election in Denmark The 2024 European Parliament election in Denmark was held on 9 June 2024. The elections were held as part of the wider 2024 European Parliament election, but did not take place in the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which are not part of the Europea ...

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Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
1991 births Living people Politicians from Copenhagen Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) politicians Women members of the Folketing 21st-century Danish women politicians Danish eurosceptics People's Movement against the EU politicians Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 Roskilde University alumni {{Denmark-politician-stub