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Margus Tsahkna

Politician

Margus Tsahkna 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	Margus Tsahkna · Маргус Тсахкна · Маргус Цахкна · مارجوس تساهكنا · مارگوس ساهنا · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Маргус Тсахкна				[sources]
Weak alias	馬古斯·薩克納				[sources]
Birth date	1977-04-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Tartu				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Estonia				[sources]
Country	Estonia				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Margus				[sources]
Last name	Tsahkna				[sources]
Political association	Estonia 200 · Isamaa · Pro Patria Union				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q11716283				[sources]
Position	Minister of Defence (2016-2017) · Minister of Foreign Affairs · Minister of Foreign Affairs (2023-) · Minister of Social Protection (2015-2016) · Riigikogu (member, 2011-2015) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Tartu · University of Toronto				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-01-16	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian politician (born 1977)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-09-19

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Riigikogu	2007-04-04	-
member of the Riigikogu	2011-03-27	2015-03-23

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,016

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,068

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,728

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 Politically Exposed Persons316,648

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,000

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

External databases

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Wikidata335,220

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions540,249

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-estonia-margus-tsahkna-minister-of-foreign-affairs · unprot-332cbb6244922ed24f145921abb896b7c0e59b60 · unprot-fd4748c4f6e8af7ae10a4c30adcebdf55debf623 · unprot-1b343419207415dc10efc91189f701bf34243f8e · evpo-ac4cc87b-1de2-418e-b92d-799fce699e48

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