Marcus Knuth

{{Short description|Danish politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =

| office = Member of the Folketing

| termstart = 18 June 2015

| termend =

| constituency = Zealand

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|4|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

| image =

| caption =

| alma_mater = University of Virginia (BA)
IESE Business School (MBA)
Harvard Kennedy School (MPA){{cite web | url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/m/marcus-knuth | title=Marcus Knuth }}

| party = Conservative People's Party

| otherparty = Venstre

}}

Johan Henrik Marcus Knuth (born 2 April 1976 in Copenhagen) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party. He was elected into parliament in the 2015 Danish general election.{{cite web |title=Marcus Knuth |url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/m/marcus-knuth |website=Ft.dk |access-date=1 June 2021}}

Political career

Knuth was elected into parliament for the Venstre party in the 2015 election, where he received 7,351 votes. He was reelected in 2019, where he received 9,523 votes. On 29 November 2019 Knuth decided to leave Venstre and join the Conservative People's Party{{cite web |title=Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg torsdag 18. juni 2015 |url=https://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1487635/kandstat/kandstat.htm |website=Dst.dk |access-date=1 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019 |url=https://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1684447/kandstat/kandstat.htm |website=Dst.dk |access-date=1 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Venstreprofil Marcus Knuth skifter til De Konservative |url=https://www.altinget.dk/navnenyt/venstreprofil-skifter-til-de-konservative |website=Altinget.dk |date=7 April 2021 |access-date=1 June 2021}}

Bibliography

  • Marcus Knuth - ny mand på Borgen (Gyldendal, 2019, co-author)
  • Soldat og diplomat - mine 3 år i Afghanistan (Gyldendal, 2014)

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