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Jacob Vestergaard

Politician

Jacob Vestergaard 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	Jacob Vestergaard				[sources]
Birth date	1961-04-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Akrar				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Faroe Islands				[sources]
Country	Faroe Islands				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Jacob				[sources]
Last name	Vestergaard				[sources]
Political association	People's Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q730980				[sources]
Position	Løgting (member, 2008-2011) · Løgting (member, 2011-2015) · Løgting (member, 2015-) · Mayor of Sumba (1993-2004) · Member of the Løgting · 5 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Faroese politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Fisheries	2019-09-16	2021-12-20

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,936

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,010

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,736

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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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Wikidata353,612

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,228

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-f9991478-7040-4b5f-9721-fd932acebfd4 · dk-pep-jacob-vestergaard

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