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Liisa Pakosta

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Liisa Pakosta 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	Liisa Pakosta · Liisa-Ly Pakosta · Lisa-Ly PAKOSTA · لیسا-لی پاکوستا				[sources]
Alias	Лииса Пакоста · Лийза Пакоста				[sources]
Birth date	1969-09-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Tallinn				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Estonia				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Liisa				[sources]
Last name	Pakosta				[sources]
Political association	Estonia 200 · Isamaa				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12368739				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Deputy Mayor of Tallinn (1999-2001) · Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner (2015-) · Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs · Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2014-2014) · Riigikogu (member, 2011-2015) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Tallinn English College (-1987) · University of Tartu (-1993)				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-13	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian politician (born 1969)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-09-22

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Helena Maria Reisner Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner	2015-10-03	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Toomas Uibo PEP	unmarried partner	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons289,950

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,960

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United States · CIA

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories357,210

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,160

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata343,259

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-estonia-lisa-ly-pakosta-minister-of-justice-and-digital-affairs · evpo-807c420d-6083-4839-98e5-932cf6bbf2b8

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