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Tõnis Lukas

Politician

Tõnis Lukas 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	Tõnis Lukas · Тынис Лукас · Тыніс Лукас · تونيس لوكاس · تونیس لوکاس				[sources]
Alias	Лукас, Тынис				[sources]
Birth date	1962-06-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Tallinn				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Estonia				[sources]
Country	Estonia				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Tõnis				[sources]
Last name	Lukas				[sources]
Political association	Isamaa · National Coalition Party Pro Patria · Pro Patria Union				[sources]
Website	www.lukas.ee				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1149033				[sources]
Position	Minister of Culture (2019-2021) · Minister of Education and Research (1999-2002) · Minister of Education and Research (2007-2011) · Minister of Education and Research (2022-2023) · Riigikogu (member, 2011-2013) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Gustav Adolf Grammar School · University of Tartu				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-01-18	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian politician (born 1962)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-09-23

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Liina Lukas Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Education and Research	2007-04-05	2011-04-06
member of the Riigikogu	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,660

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,945

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,576

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions525,938

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,491

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-3d3d1918-5637-49e1-ae01-14a1358ad702

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