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Valdas Benkunskas

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Valdas Benkunskas 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	Valdas Benkunskas · Валдас Бенкунскас · Валдас Бянкунскас				[sources]
Alias	Бенкунскас, Валдас				[sources]
Birth date	1984-11-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Šilutė				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	European Union · Lithuania				[sources]
Citizenship	Lithuania				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current)				[sources]
First name	Valdas				[sources]
Last name	Benkunskas				[sources]
Political association	European People's Party (EPP) · Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12676337				[sources]
Position	Bureau of the Committee of the Regions · CORLEAP · Mayor of Vilnius (2023-) · Working Group on Ukraine				[sources]
Source link	memberspage.cor.europa.eu · pinreg.vtek.lt				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-23	Last processed	2026-02-23	First seen	2021-07-26

Descriptions

Lithuanian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-04-22

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Committee of the Regions	2025-01-25	2030-01-24

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
VISMANTĖ BENKUNSKIENĖ Politician	Sutuoktinis, sugyventinis ar partneris	-	-

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European Union · CoR

Lithuania PEPs from the register of private interests67,719

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Lithuania · VTEK

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,122

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Wikidata333,870

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: eu-cor-2038211 · lt-pinreg-b3dc664649929f6d2cd09ed84c49443f86e84fbc · NK-bBX8trxDFb7b6c4CfohBts

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