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Josephine Fock
Member of the Folketing
In office 18 June 2015 – 31 October 2018
Constituency	East Jutland
Leader of the Alternative
In office 1 February 2020 – 14 November 2020
Preceded by	Uffe Elbæk
Succeeded by	Torsten Gejl (a.i.)
Personal details
Born	(1965-09-05) 5 September 1965 (age 59) Aarhus, Denmark
Political party	The Alternative

Josephine Fock (born 5 September 1965) is a Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing for The Alternative from 2015 to 2018. She was the leader of the party from 1 February to 14 November 2020 after Uffe Elbæk resigned.

Political career

Born in Aarhus, Fock was elected into parliament at the 2015 Danish general election. In 2018 she was offered a job for the Danish Refugee Council and she resigned her seat in parliament on 1 November 2018. Julius Graakjær Grantzau took over her seat.

On 16 December 2019 the leader of the Alternative, Uffe Elbæk, announced that he would like to pass on the leadership. On 1 February 2020 Fock became the party's new leader. A month later, on 9 March, Uffe Elbæk, Susanne Zimmer, Sikandar Siddique and Rasmus Nordqvist left the party, with Elbæk stating that he "could no longer recognize the party that he founded" under Fock's leadership. This left the party with only one member in parliament: Torsten Gejl. On 14 November 2020 Fock resigned as the party's leader, leaving Gejl as the ad interim leader until 7 February 2021 where Franciska Rosenkilde became the new official leader.

References

1. "Josephine Fock forlader Folketinget". Altinget.dk. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
2. ^ "Josephine Fock (ALT)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
3. "Josephine Fock valgt som ny politisk leder for Alternativet". Alternativet.dk. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
4. "Uffe Elbæk og tre andre folketingsmedlemmer forlader Alternativet". Tv2lorry.dk. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
5. "Josephine Fock stopper øjeblikkeligt som Alternativets leder". Altinget.dk. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

External links

• Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

• 1965 births
• Living people
• Politicians from Aarhus
• Leaders of political parties in Denmark
• The Alternative (Denmark) politicians
• 21st-century Danish women politicians
• Women members of the Folketing
• Danish LGBTQ politicians
• Members of the Folketing 2015–2019
• 20th-century Danish women