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Aleksandrs Kiršteins

PEP · Politician

Aleksandrs Kiršteins 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	Aleksandrs Kiršteins · aleksandr kirstein · Александр Кірштейнс · اليكساندرس كيرستينس				[sources]
Alias	aleksandr kirstein				[sources]
Birth date	1948-08-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Vecpiebalga				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Latvia				[sources]
Citizenship	Latvia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	Aleksandrs.Kirsteins@saeima.lv				[sources]
First name	Aleksandrs				[sources]
Last name	Kiršteins				[sources]
Political association	People's Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16350881				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the European Parliament (2004-2004) · Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1995-1996) · Saeima (member, 2014-2018) · Special Guest of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1993-1995) · deputy of Saeima · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Riga Technical University				[sources]
Source link	titania.saeima.lv				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Latvian politician and architect (born 1948)

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories341,406

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons273,471

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Latvian Saeima101

Members of the Saeima, the unicameral parliament of Latvia

Latvia · Saeima

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,757

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: lv-sae-aleksandrs-kirsteins · evpo-3d052941-f038-4d6c-94a2-7d032a0338c5

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