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Peeter Ernits

Politician

Peeter Ernits 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	Peeter Ernits · پتر ارنیتس				[sources]
Birth date	1953-06-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Tallinn				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Estonia				[sources]
Country	Estonia				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	peeter.ernits@riigikogu.ee				[sources]
First name	Peeter				[sources]
Last name	Ernits				[sources]
Phone	+3726316638				[sources]
Political association	Conservative People's Party of Estonia · Estonian Centre Party · Estonian Royalist Party · People's Union of Estonia · Эстонские зелёные				[sources]
Website	facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12372175				[sources]
Position	Riigikogu (member, 2015-2019) · Riigikogu (member, 2019-) · member of the Riigikogu (2015-) · member of the Riigikogu (2019-)				[sources]
Education	Kadriorg German Gymnasium · University of Tartu				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-01-18	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian zoologist, journalist and politician (born 1953)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-25

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Harry Ernits Close Associate	father	-	-
Lya Ernits Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Riigikogu	2019-04-04	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,576

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,945

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,660

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions525,938

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,490

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

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