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Tom Behnke

Politician

Tom Behnke 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	Tom Behnke · توم بينكه · 톰 벵케				[sources]
Other name	توم بينكه · 톰 벵케				[sources]
Birth date	1966-03-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Vejlby				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Denmark				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Tom				[sources]
Last name	Behnke				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12343242				[sources]
Position	Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Folketing (member, 2011-2015) · member of the Folketing · member of the Folketing (1998-1999) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Politiskolen				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kim Behnke Politician	elder brother · sibling · younger brother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Folketing	2005-02-08	2007-11-12
member of the Folketing	2011-09-15

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,906

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Every Politician58,326

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,094

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Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,840

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,412

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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