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Heidy Purga

Politician

Heidy Purga 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	Heidy Purga · Хейди Пурга · هیدی پورگا				[sources]
Other name	Пурга, Хейди				[sources]
Birth date	1975-03-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Tartu				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Estonia				[sources]
Country	Estonia				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	heidy.purga@riigikogu.ee				[sources]
First name	Heidy				[sources]
Last name	Purga				[sources]
Phone	+3726316656				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16404493				[sources]
Position	Minister of Culture · Minister of Culture (2023-) · Riigikogu (member, 2015-2019) · Riigikogu (member, 2019-) · member of Tallinn City Council · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Concordia International University Estonia · Elva Gymnasium · Tallinn University				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian journalist and politician (born 1975)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-07-03

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
جانوس روهما Close Associate	unmarried partner	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of Tallinn City Council	2017-10-15	-
member of the Riigikogu	2015-03-30	2019-03-03

Data sources

Every Politician57,897

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,017

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,381

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,079

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,800

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-b6f6e388-f9bd-4915-ad74-fff14e990fbf · us-cia-estonia-heidy-purga-minister-of-culture

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