Mona Juul (Danish politician)
Mona Juul | |
|---|---|
Mona Juul in 2024 | |
| Member of the Folketing | |
| Assumed office 5 June 2019 | |
| Constituency | East Jutland |
| Leader of the Conservative People's Party | |
| Assumed office 21 April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Søren Pape Poulsen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1967 |
| Party | Conservative People's Party |
Mona Juul (born 20 September 1967) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party and its leader since 2024. She was first elected to parliament in the 2019 Danish general election.[1]
Political career
Member of Parliament
Juul was first elected into parliament in the 2019 election from East Jutland, where she received 3,846 votes.[2] She was reelected in 2022 with 3,695 votes. [3] On 9 February 2024, she became parliamentary group leader of the Conservatives, after Mai Mercado stepped down.[4]
Leader of the Conservatives
She became leader of the Conservatives on 21 April 2024, after the death of Søren Pape Poulsen.[5]
Following the release of the January 2026 release of the Epstein files, Mona Juul was repeatedly mistaken as the Norwegian politician of the same name by international media.[6][7]
External links
References
- ^ "Mona Juul". Ft.dk. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019". Dst.dk. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg tirsdag 1. november 2022". Dst.dk.
- ^ "Mona Juul bliver gruppeformand for De Konservative". tv2.dk.
- ^ Jensen, Mikkel (21 April 2024). "Mona Juul er ny formand for De Konservative". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ Kirkebæk-Johansson, Laura (9 February 2026). "SVT beklager Mona Juul-bommert" [SVT apologizes for Mona Juul blunder]. DR Nyheder (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ Elgaard, Peter (10 February 2026). "Først Die Welt, nu bringer BBC også billede af forkert Mona Juul i forbindelse med Epstein-sagen" [First Die Welt, now the BBC publishes picture of wrong Mona Juul in connection with Epstein case]. TV Syd (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2026.