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Elsi Katainen

Politician

Elsi Katainen 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	Elsi Katainen · Елсі Катайнен · Элси Катайнен · Элсі Катайнен				[sources]
Other name	Elsi Kaarina Katainen · Elsi Kaarina Niiranen · Katainen Elsi · Катайнен, Элси				[sources]
Birth date	1966-12-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Haapajärvi				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Finland				[sources]
Country	European Union · Finland				[sources]
Citizenship	Finland				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current) · National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Elsi · Elsi Kaarina				[sources]
Last name	Katainen				[sources]
Website	www.elsikatainen.fi · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q11857612				[sources]
Position	Eduskunta (member, 2007-2011) · Eduskunta (member, 2011-2015) · Eduskunta (member, 2015-2018) · Member of the European Parliament (2018-2019) · Member of the European Parliament (2019-) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Jyväskylä				[sources]
Source link	www.europarl.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Finnish politician

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

Relationships

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Renew Europe Group	-	-	-
Suomen Keskusta	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Eduskunta	2007-03-21	2011-04-19
municipal councillor in Finland

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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Every Politician58,326

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European Parliament Members934

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European Union · EP

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,792

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Wikidata349,174

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,106

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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