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Zdeněk Besta

Politician

Zdeněk Besta 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	Zdeněk Besta				[sources]
Other name	Besta, Zdeněk · Zdenek Besta				[sources]
Birth date	1948-05-02				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Czechia				[sources]
Country	Czechia				[sources]
Citizenship	Czechia				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Zdeněk				[sources]
Last name	Besta				[sources]
Title	Ing.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q10857488				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Deputies (member, 2006-2010) · Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (2009-2010) · Member of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (2010-2016) · Moravian-Silesian Region Assembly member (2008-2012) · mayor of a place in the Czech Republic (1998-2010) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	VSB – Technical University of Ostrava				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Czech member of Czech Parliament (2006–2010) and mayor

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,084

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Every Politician58,326

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,336

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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