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Jens Joel

Politician

Jens Joel is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jens Joel · Jens Joel Nielsen				[sources]
Alias	Jens Joel Nielsen · Jens Joel Sand				[sources]
Birth date	1978-05-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Odense				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Denmark				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	jens.joel@ft.dk				[sources]
First name	Jens · Jens Joel				[sources]
Last name	Joel · Nielsen				[sources]
Political association	Social Democrats				[sources]
Website	www.jensjoel.dk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12319328				[sources]
Position	Folketing (member, 2011-2015) · Folketing (member, 2015-) · member of the Folketing				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Folketing	2019-06-05	2022-11-01
member of the Folketing	2015-06-20

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,631

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,232

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,903

Official PEP list for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland

Denmark · Finanstilsynet

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,461

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata355,584

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: dk-pep-jens-joel-nielsen · evpo-5990a8df-5f39-4803-8c64-da41da59c021

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