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Ainārs Šlesers

Politician

Ainārs Šlesers 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	Ainars Slesers · Ainārs Šlesers · Айнарс Шлесерс · איינרס שלסרה · اينارس سليسيرس				[sources]
Alias	Ainars Slesers · Ainars Šlesers · Ainārs Leščinskis · Ainārs Šlesers · Шлесерс, Айнарс				[sources]
Birth date	1970-01-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Riga				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Latvia				[sources]
Country	Latvia				[sources]
Citizenship	Latvia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Ainars · Ainārs				[sources]
Last name	Slesers · Šlesers				[sources]
Political association	For a Good Latvia · Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way · New Party · United for Latvia				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q406265				[sources]
Position	Saeima (member, 2010-2011) · deputy of Saeima · deputy of Saeima (2006-2006) · deputy of Saeima (2009-2009) · deputy of Saeima (2010-2011)				[sources]
Education	Riga State Technical School				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-11	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Latvian politician (born 1970)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-16

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ričards Šlesers Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
deputy of Saeima	2006-11-07	2006-11-16

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Inese Šlesere Politician	spouse	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,188

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,126

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,221

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-5a327a12-307f-45f4-8945-e39cdc6dc08e · lv-sae-ainars-slesers

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