Mona Juul (Danish politician)

Mona Juul
Mona Juul in 2024
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
5 June 2019
ConstituencyEast Jutland
Leader of the Conservative People's Party
Assumed office
21 April 2024
Preceded bySøren Pape Poulsen
Personal details
Born (1967-09-20) 20 September 1967
PartyConservative People's Party

Mona Juul (born 20 September 1967) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party and its leader since 2024. She was first elected to parliament in the 2019 Danish general election.[1]

Political career

Member of Parliament

Juul was first elected into parliament in the 2019 election from East Jutland, where she received 3,846 votes.[2] She was reelected in 2022 with 3,695 votes. [3] On 9 February 2024, she became parliamentary group leader of the Conservatives, after Mai Mercado stepped down.[4]

Leader of the Conservatives

Mona Juul during her first speech as chairman in April 2024

She became leader of the Conservatives on 21 April 2024, after the death of Søren Pape Poulsen.[5]

Following the release of the January 2026 release of the Epstein files, Mona Juul was repeatedly mistaken as the Norwegian politician of the same name by international media.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Mona Juul". Ft.dk. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019". Dst.dk. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg tirsdag 1. november 2022". Dst.dk.
  4. ^ "Mona Juul bliver gruppeformand for De Konservative". tv2.dk.
  5. ^ Jensen, Mikkel (21 April 2024). "Mona Juul er ny formand for De Konservative". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  6. ^ Kirkebæk-Johansson, Laura (9 February 2026). "SVT beklager Mona Juul-bommert" [SVT apologizes for Mona Juul blunder]. DR Nyheder (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  7. ^ Elgaard, Peter (10 February 2026). "Først Die Welt, nu bringer BBC også billede af forkert Mona Juul i forbindelse med Epstein-sagen" [First Die Welt, now the BBC publishes picture of wrong Mona Juul in connection with Epstein case]. TV Syd (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2026.