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Lene Espersen

Diplomat · Politician

Lene Espersen 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	Lene Espersen · Lene Espersenová · Лене Есперсен · Лене Эсперсен · Լենե Էսպերսեն · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Lene Feltmann Espersen · Лене Есперсен · レネ・エスパーセン				[sources]
Weak alias	Espersen				[sources]
Birth date	1965-09-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Hirtshals				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Denmark				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Lene				[sources]
Last name	Espersen				[sources]
Political association	Conservative People's Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q299352				[sources]
Position	Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark (2008-2011) · Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Folketing (member, 2011-2015) · Justice Minister of Denmark (2001-2008) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Aarhus University · Pearson College UWC				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Anne Sofie Espersen Close Associate	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs	2008-09-10	2010-02-23

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,993

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,736

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,128

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,901

Official PEP list for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland

Denmark · Finanstilsynet

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,831

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata355,772

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: dk-pep-lene-espersen · evpo-fd0812d4-40c0-4d3e-8cf7-da076ac6aede

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