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Ulla Tørnæs

Politician

Ulla Tørnæs 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	Ulla Tørnæs · Улла Торнаес · الا تورنايس · 울라 퇴르네스				[sources]
Other name	Ulla Pedersen Tornaes · Ulla Pedersen Tornæs · Ulla Pedersen Tørnæs · Ulla Tornaes · Ulla Tornæs · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1962-09-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Esbjerg				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Denmark				[sources]
Country	Denmark · European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past) · National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Ulla				[sources]
Last name	Tørnæs				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3082669				[sources]
Position	Education and Research Minister (2016-2016) · Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Folketing (member, 2011-2014) · Member of the European Parliament (2014-2016) · 13 more...				[sources]
Education	Copenhagen Business School (1985-1988) · Esbjerg Statsskole (-1981) · Odense University (1982-1984) · Savoy Mont Blanc University · University of Copenhagen (1991)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Laurits Tørnæs Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Education and Research Minister	2016-02-29	2016-11-28

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,645

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,043

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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