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Liina Kersna

PEP · Politician

Liina Kersna 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	Liina Kersna · Лиjна Керсна · Лийна Керсна · Լիյնա Կերսնա · لينا كيرسنا · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Керсна, Лийна				[sources]
Birth date	1980-04-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Tallinn				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Estonia				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	liina.kersna@riigikogu.ee				[sources]
First name	Liina				[sources]
Last name	Kersna				[sources]
Phone	+3726316480 · +3726316630				[sources]
Political association	Estonian Reform Party				[sources]
Website	facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q20933509				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Minister of Education and Research (2021-2022) · Riigikogu (member, 2015-2019) · Riigikogu (member, 2019-) · member of the Riigikogu (2015-) · member of the Riigikogu (2019-2021) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Tartu				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian politician (born 1980)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-10-04

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Vahur Kersna Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Riigikogu	2015-03-30	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,305

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,377

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Estonia Members of the Riigikogu102

Members of the Riigikogu, Estonia's unicameral parliament

Estonia · Riigikogu

External databases

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Wikidata330,656

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,099

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ee-rii-44b00c0ce3029012c3ac3bc9e04560b6241155e5 · evpo-82a9e728-d179-44f6-9dcd-4ecf204a4ce5

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