{{Short description|Danish politician (born 1969)}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = Member of the Folketing | constituency = Zealand | term_start = 1 November 2022 | term_start1 = 21 December 2013 | term_end1 = 18 June 2015 | predecessor1 = Villy Søvndal | children = 3 | alma_mater = Aarhus University | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969-10-9}} | birth_place = Bredal, Denmark | other_party = Green Left (until 2015) | party = Red-Green Alliance (since 2021) | constituency1 = Copenhagen | image = Trine Pertou Mach by Christian Ursilva.jpg | caption = Pertou Mach in 2026 }}
'''Trine Pertou Mach''' (born 9 October 1969) is a Danish politician serving as Member of the Folketing for the Red–Green Alliance since the 2022 election. She previously served as Member of the Folketing for the Green Left from 2013 to 2015, but switched to the Red-Green Alliance in 2022.
== Career == Studying political science at Aarhus University, Mach graduated in 1998 and went on to work in the European government, at the WWF and Danish Institute for Human Rights.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Trine Mach (EL) / Folketinget |url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/t/trine-mach |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Folketinget}}</ref>
Mach served two brief stints from April 2009 and January 2011 to May 2009 and June 2011 respectively in the Folketing for the Green Left as a substitute for Ida Auken, having failed to win her own seat in 2007.<ref name=":0" />
In 2013 Mach replaced then Green Left leader Villy Søvndal as Member of the Folketing after he suffered a heart attack and quit politics. Mach had previously dropped her candidacy in 2012 as a protest against Søvndal's party line.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-01-02 |title=Trine Mach nyt folketingsmedlem for SF |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/trine-mach-nyt-folketingsmedlem-sf |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-01-02 |title=Søvndals farvel sender hans kritiker i Folketinget |url=https://www.information.dk/indland/2014/01/soevndals-farvel-sender-kritiker-folketinget |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Information |language=da}}</ref>
Having left the Green Left in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-12 |title=Trine Mach forlader SF: Partiet minder for meget om S |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/trine-mach-forlader-sf-partiet-minder-meget-om-s |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}</ref> Mach joined the Red–Green Alliance on 11 November 2021, initially stating she had no intention to return to politics,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2021-11-11 |title=Trine Pertou Mach melder sig ind i Enhedslisten |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/1605554 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Berlingske.dk |language=da}}</ref> but later becoming the party's top candidate in the Zealand constituency for the 2022 election on 31 May 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tidligere SF-profil bliver spidskandidat for Enhedslisten {{!}} Nyheder |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/tidligere-sf-profil-bliver-spidskandidat-enhedslisten |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104184054/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/tidligere-sf-profil-bliver-spidskandidat-enhedslisten |archive-date=2022-11-04 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}</ref> Mach won a seat in said election with 1,737 personal votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hvem er valgt? Se valgte kandidater og personlige stemmer {{!}} DR |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/folketingsvalg/valgte |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=www.dr.dk |language=da-dk}}</ref>
== Personal life == Mach is married and has three children.<ref name=":0" />
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