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Jess Svane

Politician

Jess Svane 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	Jess Kristian Svane · Jess Svane · Йесс Сване				[sources]
Alias	Jess Kristian Svane				[sources]
Birth date	1959-05-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Qasigiannguit				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Greenland				[sources]
Country	Greenland				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	jess@inatsisartut.gl				[sources]
First name	Jess Kristian				[sources]
Last name	Svane				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q56285009				[sources]
Position	Inatsisartut (member, 2014-) · Minister for Social Affairs and Labour (2022-2023) · Minister of Labour, Science and Environment (2021-2021)				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

greenlandic politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-02-14

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Social Affairs and Labour	2022-04-05	2023-09-25

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories371,616

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,101

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · 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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Wikidata354,130

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,448

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-c84baee0-f2e0-4d67-bf75-e85f6b3ead2b · dk-pep-jess-kristian-svane

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