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Torsten Schack Pedersen

Politician

Torsten Schack Pedersen 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	Torsten Schack Pedersen · Торстен Шак Педерсен · تورستين ستشاك پيديرسين				[sources]
Other name	Torsten Schack				[sources]
Birth date	1976-06-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Farsø				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Denmark				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	torsten.schack.pedersen@ft.dk				[sources]
First name	Torsten · Torsten Schack				[sources]
Last name	Pedersen				[sources]
Website	torstenschack.dk · facebook.com · torstenschack.dk · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7827256				[sources]
Position	Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Folketing (member, 2011-2015) · Folketing (member, 2015-) · Minister for Social Security & Emergency Preparedness · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Cand.polit. · University of Copenhagen				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Louise Schack Elholm Politician	spouse	2005-09-10	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Folketing	2019-06-05	2022-11-01
member of the Folketing	2005-02-08

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Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,019

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States of America · CIA

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,909

Official PEP list for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland

Denmark · Finanstilsynet

Every Politician58,326

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

MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,784

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,099

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Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata350,123

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,419

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-7394eb01-c9b7-4406-8610-56aa34691f37 · dk-pep-torsten-schack-pedersen · us-cia-denmark-torsten-schack-pedersen-minister-for-social-security-emergency-preparedness

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