Naser Khader

Naser Khader
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Member of the Danish Parliament for Østjyllands Storkreds
Incumbent
Assumed office June 18, 2015
Personal details
Born	July 1, 1963 Damascus, Syria
Nationality	Danish
Political party	Konservative
Other political affiliations	Radikale Venstre, Ny Alliance
Domestic partner	Bente Dalsbæk (until 2010)
Children	2
Occupation	Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Middle East expert and TV commentator, Radio host
Profession	Cand.polit.
Religion	Islam
Website	http://www.khader.dk

Naser Khader (Arabic: ناصر خضر‎‎  Levantine pronunciation: [ˈnɑːsˤer xɑdˤer]) (born July 1, 1963) is Danish-Syrian and a member of the Parliament of Denmark for the Conservative People's Party. He was first elected to Parliament representing the Danish Social Liberal Party in 2001. In 2007 he left this party to found New Alliance (later Liberal Alliance), whom he represented from 2007 until 5 January 2009. A leading proponent of peaceful co-existence of democracy and Islam, he established a new movement, Moderate Muslims (later renamed Democratic Muslims), when the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began.

In the national elections on 13 November 2007, Naser Khader's New Alliance party won five parliamentary seats. After a tumultuous year, in which two MPs left the party, one was excluded from the parliamentary group, and the party was renamed to Liberal Alliance, Naser Khader too left the party. Following a short period as an Independent Member of the Danish Parliament, Naser Khader joined the Conservative People's Party on 17 March 2009. Khader lost his seat in the 2011 Danish parliamentary election, but regained it in the 2015 election.