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Edgars Rinkēvičs

Diplomat · Politician

Edgars Rinkēvičs 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	Edgaras Rinkevičius · Edgars Rinkevics · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Edqar Rinkeviç · Έντγκαρς Ρινκέβιτς · 15 more...				[sources]
Other name	Edgars Rinkevičs · Edgars Rinkévičs · Edgars Rinkēvics · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Edgarus Rinkēvičs · 10 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Rinkēvičs · 埃德加尔·林克维奇 · 林克維奇斯				[sources]
Birth date	1973-09-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Jūrmala				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Latvia				[sources]
Country	Latvia				[sources]
Citizenship	Latvia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Edgars				[sources]
Last name	Rinkevics · Rinkēvičs				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3047551				[sources]
Position	Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011-2023) · President · President of Latvia (2023-) · Saeima (member, 2014-2014) · deputy of Saeima (2014-2014) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Groningen · University of Latvia				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-22	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

President of Latvia since 2023

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-30

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Saeima	-	-
Member of the Saeima	2014-11-04	2014-11-05

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,928

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,914

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,072

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DGACM

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government868

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United States · CIA

US CIA World Leaders11,042

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United States · CIA

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,743

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,778

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-b11daf06af0d5e78917baf4c2750588d9389ba65 · us-cia-latvia-edgars-rinkevics-minister-of-foreign-affairs · evpo-071665d5-28c4-47f1-a357-e44fa5081e72 · us-cia-latvia-edgars-rinkevics-president · unprot-808156e390923c430e581b7cfb5dc20c75192c30 · unprot-caed4799aa073910168eb4005fecfaaa4d77343c · unprot-0f2fdfcdae2eafef3c67d07c29a3e3a16eecc763

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