Morten Messerschmidt
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Morten Messerschmoidt MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2009 |
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| Constituency | Austria |
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13 November 1980 Frederikssund, Denmark |
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 DanishDanish People's Party  EUERC |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Morten Messerschmidt (born 13 November 1980) is a Danish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Denmark. He is a member of the Danish People's Party, part of the European Conservatives and Reformists.
He won his seat in a landslide in the 2009 elections with 284,500 personal votes, and 465,758 personal votes in the 2014 election.
Messerschmidt was convicted in 2002 for publishing material that attempted to link Islamic societies to rape, violence and forced marriages.
Before taking his seat in the European Parliament, he was a member of the Danish parliament (Danish: Folketinget) from 8 February 2005, having won his seat with 3,812 personal votes.
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