Douglas Thor | |
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Chairman of the Moderate Youth League | |
Assumed office 26 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Matilda Ekeblad |
Personal details | |
Born | Nävelsjö (outside Vetlanda), Jönköping County, Sweden | December 11, 1997
Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Douglas Verner Thor (born 11 December 1997) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has been national chairman of the Moderate Youth League since 2022. [1]
Thor was born on 11 December 1997 in Nävelsjö (outside Vetlanda) in Jönköping County, Sweden. [2]
Thor was district chairman of the Moderate Youth League in Jönköping County from 2018 to 2021 and national chairman of the Moderate Students from 2021 to 2022. [3] He was member of the municipal council in Vetlanda Municipality from October 2018 to May 2020, when he resigned to begin studies at Uppsala University. [4]
During the youth leagues congress in November 2022, Thor challenged incumbent Matilda Ekeblad as chairman of the Moderate Youth League and won with the votes 52–49. [5]
In March 2023, Thor received negative publicity for having tried to influence the election of a district chairman in Jämtland County by suggesting that existing members could pay for new members' membership fees; his preferred candidate did not win. [6] The Moderate Partys investigation stated that although Thor's action had been very bad, no new members could be linked to this occasion. [7]
Douglas Thor | |
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Chairman of the Moderate Youth League | |
Assumed office 26 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Matilda Ekeblad |
Personal details | |
Born | Nävelsjö (outside Vetlanda), Jönköping County, Sweden | December 11, 1997
Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Douglas Verner Thor (born 11 December 1997) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has been national chairman of the Moderate Youth League since 2022. [1]
Thor was born on 11 December 1997 in Nävelsjö (outside Vetlanda) in Jönköping County, Sweden. [2]
Thor was district chairman of the Moderate Youth League in Jönköping County from 2018 to 2021 and national chairman of the Moderate Students from 2021 to 2022. [3] He was member of the municipal council in Vetlanda Municipality from October 2018 to May 2020, when he resigned to begin studies at Uppsala University. [4]
During the youth leagues congress in November 2022, Thor challenged incumbent Matilda Ekeblad as chairman of the Moderate Youth League and won with the votes 52–49. [5]
In March 2023, Thor received negative publicity for having tried to influence the election of a district chairman in Jämtland County by suggesting that existing members could pay for new members' membership fees; his preferred candidate did not win. [6] The Moderate Partys investigation stated that although Thor's action had been very bad, no new members could be linked to this occasion. [7]