Daniel Jacob Haugaard is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 comedian

Comedian

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, actor

Actor

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 and politician

Politician

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. He was a member of the Parliament of Denmark from 1994–1998

Danish parliamentary election, 1994

Parliamentary elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1994. The coalition of the Social Democratic Party, the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Centre Democrats led by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen remained in power despite the Christian People's Party, which had been part of the government,...

. He ran without a party, and still got 23,253 votes, enough for a seat.

Haugaard ran for every election as a joke

Joke

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 from 1979 onwards until he won in 1994. After his term expired, he decided not to seek re-election. Among his outrageous campaign promises were: 8 hours of free time, 8 hours of rest and 8 hours of sleep, more tailwind

Tailwind

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 on bicycle path

Segregated cycle facilities

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s, promises of better weather

Weather

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, right to impotency, Nutella

Nutella

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 in field rations (was actually implemented) and shorter queues

Queue area

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 in supermarket

Supermarket

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Asylum rated his win in the Parliamentary election the 11th greatest prank of all time.

External links

• Asylum