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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 · Γιούρι Ράτας · Јири Ратас · Јури Ратас · 12 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	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	2025-08-31	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian politician (born 1978)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-08-31

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Rein Ratas Politician	child · father	-	-
Карин Ратас Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Prime Minister	2016-11-23	2021-01-13

Data sources

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,795

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata349,174

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,106

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-estonia-juri-ratas-prime-min · evpo-901f4a1e-5d98-491f-aa4c-de0c2a8653cb

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