Lave Knud Broch

Lave Knud Broch
Vice President, EUDemocrats
Incumbent
Assumed office
2011
Personal details
Born (1972-03-22) 22 March 1972 (age 52)
Malmö, Sweden
Political partyEUDemocrats, Danish Social Liberal Party, People's Movement against the EU
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
Websitehttp://broch.dk/

Lave Knud Broch is a Danish politician and Vice President[1] of the European political alliance, EUDemocrats and substitute member to the European Parliament[2] for the People's Movement against the EU. Broch is the chair of the Danish UN Association’s Peace and Conflict resolution committee and serves on the executive board.[3] He is widely known in the Danish public for arguing that Denmark should not participate in military actions without a UN mandate.[4] He strongly supports Danish participation in the UN's efforts to promote peace, including establishing a permanent UN peace force.[5][6][7][8][9]

Broch has connections to a variety of Nordic countries, having grown up in a Danish-Norwegian family in Malmö, Sweden. Broch has a Master of Science degree in Political Science from University of Copenhagen. He is also a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party and was a European Parliament candidate for the first time in 1994.[10]

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  2. ^ Politiken (26 October 2013). "28-årig 'fritidspolitiker' bliver EU-modstandens nye ansigt". Politiken.
  3. ^ Hvem er vi, FN-forbundet
  4. ^ Politiken (1 November 2007). "Danskerne: Nej til krig uden FN". Politiken.
  5. ^ Berlingske Tidende (16 June 2013). "Historisk lille støtte til FN-missioner". Berlingske Tidende.
  6. ^ Ritzau (15 June 2013). "Danmarks FN-styrke er blot på 31 udsendte soldater". Information.
  7. ^ Ritzau (15 June 2013). "Danmarks FN-styrke er blot på 31 udsendte soldater". Jyllands-Posten.
  8. ^ Politiken (3 July 2013). "Vi bør tage initiativ til en permanent FN-styrke". Politiken.
  9. ^ Politiken (15 June 2013). "Danmark har lagt FN-styrker på is". Politiken.
  10. ^ Indenrigsministeriet (1995). "VALGET TIL EUROPA-PARLAMENTET DEN 9. JUNI 1994" (PDF). Indenrigsministeriet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-02-16.