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Geir Pollestad

Politician

Geir Pollestad 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	Geir Pollestad · جير پوليستاد · 盖尔·波勒斯塔				[sources]
Other name	Pollestad, Geir				[sources]
Birth date	1978-08-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Nærbø				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Norway				[sources]
Country	Norway				[sources]
Citizenship	Norway				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Geir				[sources]
Last name	Pollestad				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4572995				[sources]
Position	Minister of Agriculture and Food (2023-2025) · State Secretary (2008-2008) · State Secretary (2008-2009) · State Secretary (2012-2013) · Storting (member, 2013-2017) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Candidate of Law (2006) · Faculty of Law · University of Bergen, Faculty of Law (1999-2006)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Norwegian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Parliament of Norway	2017-10-01	2021-09-30

Data sources

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,381

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,045

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,800

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-90432f34-d22c-4f5d-876e-6c4da3ba3c8d · us-cia-norway-geir-pollestad-minister-of-food-agriculture

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