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Krista Aru

Politician

Krista Aru 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	Krista Aru · Криста Ару · کریستا آرو				[sources]
Birth date	1958-08-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Pagari				[sources]
Death date	2025-02-25				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Estonia				[sources]
Country	Estonia				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Krista				[sources]
Last name	Aru				[sources]
Website	facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16404281				[sources]
Position	Riigikogu (member, 2015-2019) · member of the Riigikogu (2015-) · museum director				[sources]
Education	Tallinn University · University of Tartu				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-01-19	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian historian of journalism, museologist, politician (1958-2025)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-10-01

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Jaan Aru Close Associate	child	-	-
Juhan Aru Close Associate	child	-	-

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

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 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

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

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