10.18710/OLPOZKNyrup, JacobJacobNyrup0000-0001-6368-441XUniversity of OsloStuart BramwellStuartBramwell0000-0002-3983-0445London School of EconomicsGabriel LönnGabrielLönnUniversity of OsloKristiansen, Ina LyftingsmoIna LyftingsmoKristiansen0009-0006-5991-1441University of OsloSchmid, Jonas WillibaldJonas WillibaldSchmid0000-0001-8062-1330University of OsloMatthews, AustinAustinMatthews0000-0001-8972-8329https://ror.org/00hj54h04Thoma, AndreinaAndreinaThoma0009-0001-1433-8630University of OsloJavier Padilla Moreno-TorresJavierPadilla Moreno-TorresUniversity of OsloLangsæther, Peter EggePeter EggeLangsæther0000-0002-1565-0394Knutsen, Carl HenrikCarl HenrikKnutsen0000-0002-5470-9045University of OsloThe WhoGov ProjectMapping the people who govern us - Worldwide & Across centuriesDataverseNO2026Social SciencesCabinet membersGovernmentsPolitical elitesGenderAgePartiesNyrup, JacobJacobNyrupUniversity of OsloUniversity of OsloBokobza, LauraLauraBokobzaHøgfeldt, CeciliaCeciliaHøgfeldtFaarvang, WinnieWinnieFaarvangTherkildsen, CamillaCamillaTherkildsenVikner, JakobJakobViknerThomas, SirimonSirimonThomasMaguire, RuairiRuairiMaguirePripitu, SaraSaraPripituSalkeld, IsabellaIsabellaSalkeldUniversity of Oslo2026-07-072026-08-262018-01-01/2026-07-01Observational data10.1017/S00030554200004906152300524372064742747711846142593908198867212078148031060803text/plainapplication/pdftext/comma-separated-valuesapplication/octet-streamapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheetapplication/pdftext/comma-separated-valuesapplication/octet-streamapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet1.0CC BY 4.0We 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.Version 1 to 3 are found at https://politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/whogov-dataset/.Nuffield CollegeAarhus UniversityUniversity of OsloEuropean Research Council101221191