Martin Henriksen (born 25 January 1980) is a Danish politician and since April 2024 leader of the New Right party. He is a former MP, at the time representing the Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) in Parliament from 8 February 2005 to 5 June 2019 in various constituencies,[1] but left that party in 2022 after losing the election for party leadership. In 2023, he joined the New Right party.
Martin Henriksen | |
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.jpg) Martin Henriksen | |
| Leader of New Right | |
| Assumed office 16 April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Pernille Vermund |
| Member of the Folketing | |
| In office 8 February 2005 – 5 June 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1980 Tårnby |
| Citizenship | Danish |
| Political party | (from 2023) New Right (until 2022) Danish People's Party |
| Committees | Immigration and Integration Policy, Education, Defence Committee, the Greenland Committee, Schleswig Committee, the Faroe Islands Committee and the Council of Europe. |
| Website | http://www.martinhenriksen.dk |
Political career
editHenriksen is known as a strong critic of immigration policy in Denmark. In 2016 he claimed on his website that Islam "has since its inception been a terrorist movement".[2]
Henriksen lost his seat in the Danish parliament Folketinget in the 2019 Danish general elections, but remained a member of the party's national executive committee until January 2022, when he unsuccessfully ran for the vacant post as party leader, losing to Morten Messerschmidt.[3] In February 2022 he withdrew from the party national executive and a few days later left the Danish People's Party altogether.[4]
On 13 June 2023, Henriksen joined the New Right (Nye Borgerlige) political party.[5] After Pernille Vermunds surprising exit from that party in January 2024, Henriksen was elected as New Right's new party leader on an extraordinary party conference in April 2024.[6]
References
edit- ^ Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
- ^ "DF-politiker: Islam er terror". TV2 Nyheder. TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Martin Henriksen trækker sig fra DF's hovedbestyrelse". TV2.dk. 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Martin Henriksen forlader DF: Hvis jeg blev, ville jeg miste respekten for mig selv". Altinget.dk. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Restrup, Anne Katrine (13 June 2023). "Tidligere DF-profil melder sig ind i Nye Borgerlige". B.T. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ Løvkvist, Kasper (17 April 2024). "Martin Henriksen var kun lige blevet partiformand. Så kom en kender af Nye Borgerlige med en opsigtsvækkende forudsigelse". Berlingske.dk (in Danish).
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