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Valdis Zatlers

Politician

Valdis Zatlers 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	Valdis Zatlers · Βάλντις Ζάτλερς · Валдзіс Затлерс · Валдис Затлерс · Валдіс Затлерс · 8 more...				[sources]
Alias	Elezione del Presidente della Repubblica Lettone del 2007 · Elezioni presidenziali lettoni del 2007 · Valdis Zalters · Valdis Zatleras · Valdis Zatleris · 22 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Zatleras · Zatleris · Zatlers · Затлерс · זאטלרס · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1955-03-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Riga				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Latvia				[sources]
Country	Latvia				[sources]
Citizenship	Latvia				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Valdis				[sources]
Last name	Zatlers				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q182673				[sources]
Position	President of Latvia (2007-2011) · Saeima (member, 2011-2013) · Saeima (member, 2011-2014) · deputy of Saeima (2011-2014)				[sources]
Education	Riga Stradiņš University · Yale University				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

President of Latvia

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Lilita Zatlere Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Saeima	2011-10-18	2013-01-09
deputy of Saeima	2011-10-18

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,143

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,018

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata353,694

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,621

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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