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Hosams Abu Meri

Politician

Hosams Abu Meri 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	Hosams Abu Meri · Хосам Абу Мери · حسام أبو مرعي · هوسامس ابو ميرى				[sources]
Birth date	1974-08-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Lebanon				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Latvia				[sources]
Country	Latvia				[sources]
Citizenship	Latvia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Hosams				[sources]
Last name	Abu Meri				[sources]
Website	www.abumeri.lv · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q19267977				[sources]
Position	Minister of Health · Saeima (member, 2014-2017) · Saeima (member, 2014-2018) · deputy of Saeima (2014-2018)				[sources]
Education	Riga Stradiņš University (-1999)				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Latvian politician and physician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Saeima	2017-12-21	2018-11-06
deputy of Saeima	2014-11-05

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Linda Mūrniece Politician	spouse	2012	2017-06-14

Data sources

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US CIA World Leaders11,021

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Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-latvia-hosams-abu-meri-minister-of-health · evpo-9f6b57ff-e740-4f68-b2cd-21c785d183dd

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