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Eduard Kukan

Diplomat · Politician

Eduard Kukan 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	Eduard Kukan · Едуард Кукан · Эдуард Кукан · إدوارد كوكان · ادوارد كوكان · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Kukan, Eduard · Едуард Кукан · Кукан, Эдуард · إدوارد كوكان				[sources]
Birth date	1939-12-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Trnovec nad Váhom				[sources]
Death date	2022-02-09				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Slovakia				[sources]
Country	European Union · Slovakia				[sources]
Citizenship	Czechoslovakia · Slovakia				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past) · National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Eduard				[sources]
Last name	Kukan				[sources]
Title	JUDr.				[sources]
Website	www.eduardkukan.eu · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1289100				[sources]
Position	Member of the European Parliament · Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic · Minister of Foreign Affairs · National Council (member, 2002-2006) · National Council (member, 2006-2009) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Moscow State Institute of International Relations				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Czechoslovak diplomat, Minister of Defence of Slovakia, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia, member of Slovak National Council, ambassador and Slovak politician (1939–2022)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-14

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Parliament	2009-07-14	2014-06-30
Minister of Foreign Affairs	1998-10-30

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,135

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Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata386,966

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,984

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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