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Ruth Vang

PEP · Politician

Ruth Vang 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	Ruth Vang				[sources]
Birth date	1966-04-05				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Faroe Islands				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark · Faroe Islands				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Ruth				[sources]
Last name	Vang				[sources]
Political association	Progress				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q21208486				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Finance Minister of the Faroe Islands (2022-) · Member of the Løgting (2015-)				[sources]
Education	Aarhus School of Business				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-29	Last processed	2026-04-29	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Faroese midwife and politician

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

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons289,950

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs2,018

Official PEP list for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland

Denmark · Finanstilsynet

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories356,055

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata343,259

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,907

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: dk-pep-ruth-vang

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