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Jani Mäkelä

PEP · Politician

Jani Mäkelä 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	Jani Kalevi Kristian Mäkelä · Jani Mäkelä · جاني ماكيلا · 亚尼·麦凯莱				[sources]
Alias	Jani Makela				[sources]
Weak alias	Mäkelä				[sources]
Birth date	1976-10-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Joutseno				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Finland				[sources]
Citizenship	Finland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Jani · Jani Kalevi Kristian				[sources]
Last name	Mäkelä				[sources]
Political association	Finns Party · Perussuomalaisten eduskuntaryhmä				[sources]
Website	www.janimakela.fi · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q20255240				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Eduskunta (member, 2015-) · järjestelmäasiantuntija, tradenomi · member of the Parliament of Finland (2015-2019) · member of the Parliament of Finland (2019-) · municipal councillor in Finland				[sources]
Address	Lappeenranta				[sources]
Source link	www.eduskunta.fi				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-08	Last processed	2026-05-19	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Finnish politician

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

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories356,989

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Finland Members of Parliament200

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Finland · Suomen eduskunta

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons290,346

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata343,843

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-f499d64f-2e29-4531-96b4-e9980a8d8b6f · fi-eduskunta-cc4d14174ecba492577f4d274472d8ed05e31964

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