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Kai Mykkänen

Politician

Kai Mykkänen 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	Kai Mykkänen · Кай Мюккянен · كاى ميكانين · 凯·米凯宁 · 카이 뮈케넨				[sources]
Other name	Kai Aslak Mykkänen · Kai Mykkanen · Мюккянен, Кай · 카이 아슬라크 뮈케넨				[sources]
Weak alias	凯·阿斯拉克·米凯宁				[sources]
Birth date	1979-07-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Espoo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Finland				[sources]
Country	Finland				[sources]
Citizenship	Finland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Aslak · Kai				[sources]
Last name	Mykkänen				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q11868890				[sources]
Position	Eduskunta (member, 2015-) · Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade (2016-2018) · Minister of the Environment and Climate Change (2023-2025) · Minister of the Interior (2018-2019) · member of the Parliament of Finland (2015-2019) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Master of Social Science (2006) · Tapiola Upper Secondary School · University of Helsinki				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-07-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Finnish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Jouni Mykkänen Politician	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
municipal manager	2025-02-01	-
municipal councillor in Finland	-	-
member of the Parliament of Finland	2019-04-17	2023-04-04
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change	2023-06-20	2025-01-24
Member of the Eduskunta	2015-04-28	-

Data sources

Every Politician58,347

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons285,651

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories374,662

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata351,087

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-ce53ee81-ed75-40a9-b100-9ef7c3b67e5f · us-cia-finland-kai-mykkanen-minister-of-the-environment-and-climate-change

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