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Kaj Leo Johannesen

PEP · Politician

Kaj Leo Johannesen 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	Kaj Johannesen · Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen · Kaj Leo Johannesen · Kay Leo Yohannesen · Κάι Λέο Γιοχάνεσεν · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Johannesen, Kaj Leo · Kaj Johannesen · Kaj Leo Johannesen · Kay Leo Yohannesen · Κάι Λέο Γιοχάνεσεν · 5 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Kajleojohannesen				[sources]
Birth date	1964-08-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Tórshavn				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Faroe Islands				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark · Faroe Islands				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Kaj · Kaj Leo Holm				[sources]
Last name	Johannesen				[sources]
Political association	Union Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q331786				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Health Minister of the Faroe Islands (2019-2022) · Løgting (member, 2004-2008) · Løgting (member, 2008-2011) · Løgting (member, 2011-2015) · Løgting (member, 2015-) · 1 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-02	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 2008 until 2015 and former soccer and handball player

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Løgting	-	-
Health Minister of the Faroe Islands	2019-09-16	2022-12-22

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,496

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs2,004

Official PEP list for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland

Denmark · Finanstilsynet

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,481

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata330,787

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,544

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: dk-pep-kaj-leo-holm-johannesen · evpo-c5dbb97b-1227-4243-b3c0-38f6caddba87

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