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Maia Sandu

Person of interest · PEP · Politician

Maia Sandu 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	Maia Sandu · Maia Sanduová · Maija Sandu · Maya Sandu · Μάγια Σάντου · 14 more...				[sources]
Alias	Санду Майя · Санду Мая · Санду, Майя				[sources]
Weak alias	瑪亞·桑杜 · 邁亞·桑杜 · 馬婭·桑杜 · 马娅·桑杜				[sources]
Birth date	1972-05-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Risipeni · satul Risipeni, raionul Făleşti				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Citizenship	Moldova · Romania · Soviet Union · United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Maia				[sources]
Last name	Sandu				[sources]
Political association	Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova · Party of Action and Solidarity				[sources]
Title	Her Excellency				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q15071069				[sources]
Position	President · President of Moldova (2020-) · President of the Republic of Moldova · Prime Minister of Moldova (2019-2019) · chairperson (2016-2020) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (-1994) · Academy of Public Administration of Moldova (-1998) · John F. Kennedy School of Government (-2010)				[sources]
Religion	Moldovan Orthodox Church				[sources]
Source link	profiles.rise.md · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-21	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of Moldova since 2020

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-03-06

Relationships

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Olesea Stamate PEP	fostă șefă	-	-

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate	fostă președintă	-	-

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of Moldova	2020-12-24	-

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,942

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,369

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,075

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,289

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

RISE Moldova People of interest1,083

People of Interest is an interactive database developed and managed by RISE Moldova. It is a work in progress journalistic project.

Moldova · RISE Moldova · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata328,034

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

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,248

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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