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Jānis Ādamsons

Military · PEP · Politician

Jānis Ādamsons 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	Janis Adamsons · Jānis Ādamsons · Yanis Adamsons · Янис Адамсонс · Яніс Адамсонс				[sources]
Alias	Yanis Adamsons · Адамсонс Янис · Янис Адамсонс				[sources]
Birth date	1956-11-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Turki Parish				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Latvia				[sources]
Citizenship	Latvia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Jānis				[sources]
Last name	Ādamsons				[sources]
Political association	Communist Party of the Soviet Union				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1976817				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Saeima (member, 2010-2011) · Saeima (member, 2011-2014) · Saeima (member, 2014-2018) · deputy of Saeima · deputy of Saeima (2010-2011) · 4 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-11	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Latvian politician (born 1956)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-03-01

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,481

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,688

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,544

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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