Peter Kofod (politician)

Peter Kofod Hristov (born 27 February 1990) is a Danish politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.

[2] During his term in the Folketing, he represented the Danish People's Party (DPP).

Born in Snogebæk on Bornholm and as the son of a blacksmith and nurse, Peter Kofod graduated from the Signal Regiment in 2010 and later worked as a primary school teacher in Haderslev.

He was a city councillor in Haderslev Municipality beginning in 2014, and was in the regional council for Southern Denmark from 2014–2015.

[2] He adopted the surname Hristov when he married his wife Vasileva in 2018[3] but did not use the name in political contexts.