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Martin Helme

Politician

Martin Helme 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	Martin Helme · Мартин Хельме · Мартін Гельме · مارتن هيلم · مارتين هيلم · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Мартин Хельме · Хельме, Мартин				[sources]
Birth date	1976-04-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Tallinn				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Estonia				[sources]
Country	Estonia				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	martin.helme@riigikogu.ee				[sources]
First name	Martin				[sources]
Last name	Helme				[sources]
Phone	+3726316425				[sources]
Political association	Conservative People's Party of Estonia				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12369924				[sources]
Position	Minister of Finance (2019-2021) · Riigikogu (member, 2015-2019) · Riigikogu (member, 2019-2019) · member of Tallinn City Council · member of the Riigikogu (2015-) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Tartu				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-25	Last processed	2026-02-25	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian politician (born 1976)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-09-23

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sirje Helme Close Associate	mother	-	-
Maarja Vaino Close Associate	sibling · twin sister

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Riigikogu	-	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Mart Helme Politician	child · father · son	-	-

Data sources

Estonia Members of the Riigikogu102

Members of the Riigikogu, Estonia's unicameral parliament

Estonia · Riigikogu

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,744

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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 Persons in Relevant Categories339,661

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,319

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,216

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ee-rii-5087c77811fa80c88e22c9da86fa56feab301794 · evpo-24fcc0ee-f307-4dc7-87a8-ce85a04b49ef

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