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Magni Arge

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Magni Arge 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	Magni Arge · Mangi Arge				[sources]
Alias	Mangi Arge				[sources]
Birth date	1959-12-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Tórshavn				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Denmark · Faroe Islands				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark · Faroe Islands				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	magni.arge@ft.dk				[sources]
First name	Magni				[sources]
Last name	Arge				[sources]
Political association	Republic				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16167420				[sources]
Position	Folketing (member, 2015-) · Løgting (member, 2015-) · member of the Folketing (2015-)				[sources]
Education	Aarhus University · Danish School of Journalism · University of the Faroe Islands				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Faroese politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Løgting	-	-
member of the Folketing	2015-07-28	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Jógvan Arge PEP	sibling	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,626

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,703

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata328,269

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,340

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-3f4361d2-cb43-44ee-b5ce-1986694a4c1a · evpo-86652e46-047f-475c-b7a0-0b6d2f36aa00

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