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Kaspars Briškens

PEP · Politician

Kaspars Briškens 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	Kaspars BRISKENS · Kaspars Briškens · Каспар Бришкенс				[sources]
Alias	Каспарс Бришкенс				[sources]
Birth date	1982-11-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Riga				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Latvia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	Kaspars.Briskens@saeima.lv				[sources]
First name	Kaspars				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q114355721				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Minister of Transit · Minister of Transport (2023-2025) · deputy of Saeima (2022-2023) · deputy of Saeima (2025-)				[sources]
Education	Stockholm School of Economics in Riga · Stockholm University				[sources]
Source link	titania.saeima.lv · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-05-12	Last processed	2026-05-12	First seen	2025-02-27

Descriptions

Latvian politician, economist, and diplomat (born 1982)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-16

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Latvian Saeima101

Members of the Saeima, the unicameral parliament of Latvia

Latvia · Saeima

US CIA World Leaders10,951

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories357,539

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons290,364

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,372

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: lv-sae-kaspars-briskens · us-cia-latvia-kaspars-briskens-minister-of-transit

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