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Linas Balsys

Politician

Linas Balsys 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	Linas Balsys · 利納·保色斯				[sources]
Other name	Balsys, Linas · 利納·保色斯				[sources]
Birth date	1961-05-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Vilnius · Vilnius, Lithuania				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Lithuania				[sources]
Country	Lithuania				[sources]
Citizenship	Lithuania				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Linas				[sources]
Last name	Balsys				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1825682				[sources]
Position	Member of the Seimas (2012-2016) · Member of the Seimas (2016-2020) · Member of the Seimas (2024-) · Seimas (member, 2012-2016)				[sources]
Education	Vilnius University				[sources]
Source link	www.lrs.lt				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Lithuanian television presenter, journalist and university teacher

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Seimas	2012-11-17	2016-11-10
Member of the Seimas	2016-11-14	2020-11-13
Member of the Seimas	2024	2028
Member of the Seimas	2024-11-14	-

Data sources

Every Politician58,336

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MySociety · non-official source

Lithuania Members of the Seimas142

Current and recent members of the Seimas, Lithuania's unicameral parliament

Lithuania · Seimas

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories377,248

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,151

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Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,963

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,958

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: lt-seimas-linas-balsys · evpo-054be691-e071-4267-862d-dd80a8fd5916

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