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Thomas Östros

Politician

Thomas Östros 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	Thomas Östros · توماس استروس · توماس اوستروس · 托馬斯·厄斯特羅斯 · 토마스 외스트로스				[sources]
Alias	Björn Thomas Östros · Thomas · Thomas Ostros · توماس استروس · 托馬斯·厄斯特羅斯				[sources]
Birth date	1965-01-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Gällivare Municipality				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sweden				[sources]
Country	Sweden				[sources]
Citizenship	Sweden				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Thomas				[sources]
Last name	Östros				[sources]
Political association	Swedish Social Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3297193				[sources]
Position	Minister for Education and Science (1998-2004) · Minister for Enterprise (2004-2006) · Minister for Housing (1996-1998) · Minister of Primary Education (2002-2004) · Minister of Taxation (1996-1998) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Licentiate of Philosophy (1994) · Uppsala University				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-01-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Swedish economist and politician (born 1965)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-09-22

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,820

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,653

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,316

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,062

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,608

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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