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Villy Søvndal

Diplomat · Politician

Villy Søvndal 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	Villy Søvndal · Віллі Сундаль · ويلى سوفندال · ヴィリー・ソウンダール				[sources]
Alias	Villy Soevndal · Villy Sovndal · ヴィリー・ソウンダール				[sources]
Weak alias	Sövndal · Søvndal				[sources]
Birth date	1952-04-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Linde				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Denmark				[sources]
Country	Denmark · European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current) · National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Villy				[sources]
Last name	Søvndal				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q58119				[sources]
Position	Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Folketing (member, 2011-2013) · Member of the European Parliament · Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Vestbirk Højskole				[sources]
Source link	www.ft.dk				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-02	Last processed	2025-12-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Folketing	2011-09-15	2013-12-20
Member of the European Parliament	2024-07-16

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,783

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,916

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Denmark · Finanstilsynet

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,547

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions516,192

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,584

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: dk-pep-villy-sovndal · evpo-d810f838-1cba-4548-adcf-9b92544423a3

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