Torsten Gejl
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
18 June 2015
ConstituencyEast Jutland (from 2019)
North Jutland (2015-2019)
Personal details
Born (1964-01-30) 30 January 1964 (age 59)
Aarhus, Denmark
Political partyThe Alternative

Torsten Gejl (born 30 January 1964, in Aarhus) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for The Alternative political party. He was elected into parliament at the 2015 Danish general election. He is currently the group leader of The Alternative in the Folketing.[1]

Political career

The gel was first elected into parliament in the 2015 election, where he received 1,433 votes. He was elected again in the 2019 election, receiving 1,383 votes. When four of the party's five Folketing members left the party on 9 March 2020 Torsten Gel was the only member of the party remaining. When Josephine Fock stepped down as leader of the party on 14 November 2020, Torsten Gejl was the ad interim leader of the party while the seat was vacant.[2][3][4][5]

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References

  1. ^ "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere - Folketingsvalg torsdag 18. juni 2015 - Danmarks Statistik". www.dst.dk. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  2. ^ "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg torsdag 18. juni 2015". Dst.dk. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019". Dst.dk. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Uffe Elbæk forlader Alternativet - nu har partiet kun ét folketingsmedlem tilbage". Nyheder.tv2.dk. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Josephine Fock trækker sig som Alternativets politiske leder". Dr.DK. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
Political offices Preceded byJosephine Fock Leader of The Alternative 2020-2021 (a.i.) Succeeded byFranciska Rosenkilde
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