The WhoGov Projectdoi:10.18710/OLPOZKDataverseNO2026-08-261Nyrup, Jacob; Stuart Bramwell; Gabriel Lönn; Kristiansen, Ina Lyftingsmo; Schmid, Jonas Willibald; Matthews, Austin; Thoma, Andreina; Javier Padilla Moreno-Torres; Langsæther, Peter Egge; Knutsen, Carl Henrik, 2026, "The WhoGov Project", https://doi.org/10.18710/OLPOZK, DataverseNO, V1The WhoGov ProjectMapping the people who govern us - Worldwide & Across centuriesdoi:10.18710/OLPOZKNyrup, JacobStuart BramwellGabriel LönnKristiansen, Ina LyftingsmoSchmid, Jonas WillibaldMatthews, AustinThoma, AndreinaJavier Padilla Moreno-TorresLangsæther, Peter EggeKnutsen, Carl HenrikBokobza, LauraHøgfeldt, CeciliaFaarvang, WinnieTherkildsen, CamillaVikner, JakobThomas, SirimonMaguire, RuairiPripitu, SaraSalkeld, IsabellaUniversity of Oslo101221191DataverseNOUniversity of OsloNyrup, JacobNyrup, Jacob2026-07-07WhoGov version 4.0Version 1 to 3 are found at https://politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/whogov-dataset/.Social SciencesCabinet membersGovernmentsPolitical elitesGenderAgePartiesWe provide open, global data on the people who make up governments, from 1966 to today. We continuously work on expanding the scope of the dataset, including going all the way back to 1789 and gathering more regular data. The project is based at the University of Oslo. WhoGov provides individual-level data on cabinet members globally since 1966. Version 4 has data from 177 countries, covering 60,458 individuals and 9,495 country-years. Information on gender, age, party affiliation, and portfolios.1966-09-012025-07-012018-01-012026-07-01Individual-level (minister-year) Cross-sectional (country-year)Observational dataThe WhoGov ProjectAnnualData are coded by the project team from publicly available sources, including government websites and directories, encyclopaedias, Wikipedia/Wikidata, and historical and biographical reference works. CIA World Leaders and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments is the origin source for the data from 1966-2016. All recorded information concerns individuals acting in their public capacity as members of government. The collection procedure is described in Nyrup and Bramwell (2020) (see above) and, for Version 4, in WhoGov_update_v4.pdf.<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC BY 4.0</a>Nyrup, Jacob, and Stuart Bramwell. "Who governs? A new global dataset on members of cabinets." American Political Science Review 114.4 (2020): 1366-1374.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055420000490Nyrup, Jacob, and Stuart Bramwell. "Who governs? A new global dataset on members of cabinets." American Political Science Review 114.4 (2020): 1366-1374.0_ReadMe.txtReadme filetext/plainwhogov_codebookandappendix.pdfCodebookapplication/pdfWhoGov_update_v4.pdfWhoGov Version 4 - Data noteapplication/pdfWhoGov_crosssectional_V4.0.csvWhoGov Version 4 - Crosssectional.csvtext/comma-separated-valuesWhoGov_crosssectional_V4.0.rdsWhoGov Version 4 - Crosssectional.rdsapplication/octet-streamWhoGov_crosssectional_V4.0.xlsxWhoGov Version 4 - Crosssectional.xlsxapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheetWhoGov_within_V4.0.csvWhoGov Version 4 - Individual level.csvtext/comma-separated-valuesWhoGov_within_V4.0.rdsWhoGov Version 4 - Individual level.rdsapplication/octet-streamWhoGov_within_V4.0.xlsxWhoGov Version 4 - Individual level.xlsxapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet