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Matti Vanhanen

Politician

Matti Vanhanen 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	Mati Vanhanens · Matti Vanhanen · Μάτι Βάνχανεν · Мати Ванханен · Матти Ванханен · 11 more...				[sources]
Other name	Mati Vanhanen · Mati Vanhanens · Matthias Vanhanen · Matti Taneli Vanhanen · Matti Vanhanen Taneli · 23 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Vanhanen · バンハネン				[sources]
Birth date	1955-11-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Jyväskylä				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Finland				[sources]
Country	European Union · Finland				[sources]
Citizenship	Finland				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current) · National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Matti · Matti Taneli · Taneli				[sources]
Last name	Vanhanen				[sources]
Website	twitter.com · www.eduskunta.fi				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q182043				[sources]
Position	Deputy Prime Minister of Finland (2020-2020) · Eduskunta (member, 2003-2007) · Eduskunta (member, 2007-2010) · Eduskunta (member, 2015-) · Leader of the Centre Party · 8 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Helsinki				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Finnish politician and the 40th prime minister of Finland

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Merja Mäntyniemi Politician	spouse	1985	2006

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Leader of the Centre Party	-	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Reetta Vanhanen Politician	relative · uncle	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,836

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,067

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Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,036

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,338

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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