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Mart Helme

Diplomat · Politician

Mart 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	Mart Helme · Marts Helme · Март Гельме · Март Хельме · Март Хельмэ · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Marts Helme · Март Хельме · Хельме, Март · 瑪特·霍爾				[sources]
Weak alias	马尔特·赫尔姆 · 马尔特·赫尔梅				[sources]
Birth date	1949-10-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Pärnu				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Estonia				[sources]
Country	Estonia				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Mart				[sources]
Last name	Helme				[sources]
Website	facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1453245				[sources]
Position	Minister of the Interior (2019-2020) · Riigikogu (member, 2015-2019) · Riigikogu (member, 2019-2019) · ambassador of Estonia to Russia (1995-1999) · member of the Riigikogu (2015-) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Tartu (-1973)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian historian, diplomat and politician (born 1949)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-09-29

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sirje Helme Close Associate	spouse	-	-
Maarja Vaino Close Associate	child · daughter	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Riigikogu	2015-03-30	2019-03-03

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Helle-Moonika Helme Politician	spouse	-	-

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,139

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories360,954

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,214

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,862

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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