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Matti Saarinen

Politician

Matti Saarinen 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	Matti Saarinen				[sources]
Other name	Matti Kalervo Saarinen · Saarinen Matti				[sources]
Birth date	1947-06-16				[sources]
Death date	2021-07-12				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Finland				[sources]
Country	Finland				[sources]
Citizenship	Finland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Kalervo · Matti · Matti Kalervo				[sources]
Last name	Saarinen				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q11881696				[sources]
Position	Eduskunta (member, 2003-2007) · Eduskunta (member, 2007-2011) · Eduskunta (member, 2011-2015) · member of the Parliament of Finland · municipal councillor in Finland				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Finnish politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Eduskunta	2003-03-19	2007-03-20
Member of the Eduskunta

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,417

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata349,947

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,094

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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