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Peter Christensen

PEP · Politician

Peter Christensen 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	Peter Christensen · Питер Кристенсен · بيتر كريستنسن				[sources]
Alias	Petrus Christensen · Питер Кристенсен · بيتر كريستنسن				[sources]
Birth date	1975-04-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Sønderborg				[sources]
Death date	2025-02-06				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Peter				[sources]
Last name	Christensen				[sources]
Political association	Venstre				[sources]
Website	peterc.dk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2383396				[sources]
Position	Defence Minister of Denmark (2015-2016) · Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Folketing (member, 2011-2015) · Minister for Nordic Co-operation (2015-2016) · 6 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-26	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Josefine Koefod Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Folketing	2005-02-08	2007-11-13

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,208

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata328,063

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,331

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-2cc606d6-0825-4327-9538-2d832409e09b · dk-pep-peter-christensen

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