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Minister of Defence

Executive branch of government · National government

Minister of Defence is an entity described in industry reference data. It is not linked to any risk indications in our database, and it has not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Position				[sources]
Name	Minister of Defence · Minister of Defense				[sources]
Country	Norway				[sources]
Inception date	1814				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1225156				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2023-08-16

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US CIA World Leaders10,942

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,208

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,410

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,331

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-c12b762d722d4d8e64dbcedcfc32442f542f98e9

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