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Dace Melbārde

Politician

Dace Melbārde 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	Dace Melbarde · Dace Melbārde · Даце Мелбарде · Дацэ Мэлбардэ · Даче Мельбарде · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Dace Melbārde · Даче Мельбарде · Мелбарде, Даце				[sources]
Birth date	1971-04-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Riga				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Latvia				[sources]
Country	European Union · Latvia				[sources]
Citizenship	Latvia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past) · National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Dace				[sources]
Last name	Melbarde · Melbārde				[sources]
Political association	National Alliance · New Unity				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q15649550				[sources]
Position	Member of the European Parliament (2019-2024) · Minister of Culture (2013-2014) · Minister of Culture (2014-2014) · Minister of Culture (2014-2016) · Minister of Culture (2016-2019) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Latvian Academy of Culture · University of Latvia				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-01-18	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Latvian politician and historian (born 1971)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-15

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Culture	2014-01-22	2014-11-05

Data sources

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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,945

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,576

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Global · Wikidata · 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

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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