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Jüri Ratas

Politician

Jüri Ratas 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	Jiri Ratass · Jüri Ratas · Γιούρι Ράτας · Јири Ратас · Юри Ратас · 11 more...				[sources]
Other name	Georgius Ratas · Jiri Ratass · Juri Ratas · Jyri Ratas · Γιούρι Ράτας · 16 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Ратас · 尤里·拉塔斯				[sources]
Birth date	1978-07-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Tallinn				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Estonia				[sources]
Country	Estonia · European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current) · National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Jüri				[sources]
Last name	Ratas				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2621730				[sources]
Position	Member of the European Parliament (2024-) · President of the Riigikogu (2021-2023) · Prime Minister of Estonia (2016-2021) · Riigikogu (member, 2011-2015) · Riigikogu (member, 2015-2016) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Tallinn Nõmme Upper Secondary School · Tallinn University of Technology · University of Tartu				[sources]
Religion	Christianity				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-07-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Karin Ratas Close Associate	spouse	-	-
Urve Ratas Close Associate	mother	-	-
Rein Ratas Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Parliament	2024-07-16	2029-01-01
President of the Riigikogu	2021-03-18	2023-04-10
Prime Minister of Estonia	2016-11-23	2021-01-13
Member of the Riigikogu	2019-04-04	2019-04-29
Member of the Riigikogu	2007-03-27	-
Member of the Riigikogu	2015-03-30	2016-11-23
Member of the Riigikogu	2021-01-26	2023-04-03
Member of the Riigikogu	2011-03-27	2015-03-23

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories374,902

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,907

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,345

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MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions544,753

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata351,550

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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