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Martin Lidegaard

Diplomat · Politician

Martin Lidegaard 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	Martin Lidegaard · Мартін Лідегор · مارتن ليدغارد · マーティン・リデゴー · 马丁·里德加德 · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Martinus Lidegaard · Мартін Лідегор · مارتن ليدغارد · マーティン・リデゴー				[sources]
Weak alias	マルティン・リデゴー				[sources]
Birth date	1966-12-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Copenhagen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Denmark				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	martin.lidegaard@ft.dk				[sources]
First name	Martin				[sources]
Last name	Lidegaard				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1272556				[sources]
Position	Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2015-) · Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (2014-2015) · member of the Folketing				[sources]
Education	Helsingør Gymnasium · Roskilde University				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician, leader of the Social Liberal Party

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-11-06

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Øjvind Lidegaard Close Associate	sibling	-	-
Mads Lidegaard Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Foreign Affairs	2014-01-30	2015-06-28

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Bo Lidegaard Politician	sibling	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,929

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Denmark · Finanstilsynet

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,660

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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 OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,043

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: dk-pep-martin-lidegaard · evpo-25b724c2-7ec1-48f7-aae8-caeefd5c2ee8

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