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Lea Wermelin

Politician

Lea Wermelin 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	Lea Wermelin · Леа Вермелин · Լեա Վերմելին · لاى ويرميلين · 莱娅·韦尔梅林 · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1985-05-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Rønne				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Denmark				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	lea.wermelin@ft.dk				[sources]
First name	Lea				[sources]
Last name	Wermelin				[sources]
Website	www.leawermelin.dk · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q20174096				[sources]
Position	Folketing (member, 2015-) · Minister for the Environment (2019-) · member of the Folketing · member of the Folketing (2015-)				[sources]
Education	Bornholm Gymnasium · University of Copenhagen				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Folketing	2019-06-05	2022-11-01
member of the Folketing	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,793

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories371,554

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,916

Official PEP list for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland

Denmark · Finanstilsynet

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,934

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,680

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: dk-pep-lea-wermelin · evpo-627c96d6-7ace-45c6-82bc-ba4316ebdb90

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