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Leena Meri

Politician

Leena 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	Leena Meri · Леена Мери · 莱娜·梅里				[sources]
Alias	Leena Kristiina Meri · Лина Мери				[sources]
Birth date	1968-04-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Helsinki				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Finland				[sources]
Country	Finland				[sources]
Citizenship	Finland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Kristiina · Leena				[sources]
Last name	Meri				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q20252282				[sources]
Position	Eduskunta (member, 2015-) · Minister of Justice · Minister of Justice of Finland · member of the Parliament of Finland · municipal councillor in Finland				[sources]
Education	University of Helsinki				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Finnish politician

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

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
municipal councillor in Finland	-	-

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Every Politician57,742

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-7d95d049-3aa2-406a-8bde-5fb91bb22f57 · us-cia-finland-leena-meri-minister-of-justice · fi-eduskunta-96a7c3ffc407e8fff7655f43b5d1ff82b113ff17

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