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Jesper Petersen

Politician

Jesper Petersen 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	Jesper Petersen · Йеспер Петерсен · چيسپير پيتيرسين				[sources]
Birth date	1981-08-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Haderslev				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Denmark				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	jesper.petersen@ft.dk				[sources]
First name	Jesper				[sources]
Last name	Petersen				[sources]
Website	www.jesperpetersen.dk · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12319657				[sources]
Position	Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Folketing (member, 2011-2013) · Folketing (member, 2015-) · Minister for Higher Education and Science (2021-2022) · member of the Folketing				[sources]
Education	University of Copenhagen				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

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

Relationships

Data sources

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,929

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Denmark · Finanstilsynet

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,212

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,663

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,659

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,059

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: dk-pep-jesper-petersen · evpo-dc73a471-aa92-4955-8edb-610f76b0d727

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