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Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttur

PEP · Politician

Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttur 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	Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdottur · Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttur				[sources]
Alias	Mercedes Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttir				[sources]
Birth date	1963-10-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Klaksvík				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Country	Faroe Islands				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark · Faroe Islands				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (past)				[sources]
First name	Elsebeth · Elsebeth Mercedis				[sources]
Last name	Gunnleygsdóttur				[sources]
Political association	People's Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16964316				[sources]
Position	Løgting (member, 2011-2015) · Løgting (member, 2015-) · Member of the Løgting · Minister of Social Affairs (2019-2021)				[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

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,307

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,953

Official PEP list for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland

Denmark · Finanstilsynet

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,397

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata327,975

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,076

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-76693590-0a6d-4721-b4dd-7b7913d3fea6 · dk-pep-elsebeth-mercedis-gunnleygsdottur

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