Victoria Velásquez

Victoria Velasquez
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
5 June 2019
ConstituencyFyn
Personal details
Born (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991
Copenhagen, Denmark
PartyRed–Green Alliance
Other political
affiliations
People's Movement against the EU (formerly)

Ninosca Victoria Risbjerg Velásquez (born 18 July 1991) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Red–Green Alliance political party. She was elected at the 2019 Danish general election.

Political career

Velasquez stood in the 2014 European Parliament election for the People's Movement against the EU but was not elected. She ran in the 2019 election for national parliament and was elected for the Red-Green Alliance.[1][2]

She is the 10th candidate for the Red–Green Alliance at the 2024 European Parliament election in Denmark.[3]

In 2025 Velásquez sailed with the Thousand Madleens flotilla in an attempt to bring aid into Gaza during the blockade of the Strip[4]. Her ship was stopped by the Israeli military in international waters, after which she was briefly detained by Israel[5]

References

  1. ^ "Victoria Velasquez (EL)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Victoria Velásquez". Enhedslisten.dk. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Enhedslisten opstiller folketingsmedlem til europaparlamentsvalget: Her er partiets kandidater". EU. 2024-01-30. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  4. ^ "Victoria Velásquez er med på båd med kurs mod Gaza: Kampgejsten er styrket, efter Israel har stoppet flere både". DR (in Danish). 2025-10-02. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
  5. ^ "Dansk politiker er landet i Danmark efter at være blevet tilbageholdt på vej mod Gaza | Nyheder". DR (in Danish). 2025-10-09. Retrieved 2026-02-28.