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Leire Pajín

Politician

Leire Pajín 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	Leire Pajín · Leire Pajín Iraola · Лейре Пахин · Лейре Пахін · ליירה פחין · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Leire Pajin · Leire Pajin Iraola · Leire Pajín Iraola · Leire Pajín Iraóla · Pajín Iraola, Leire · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Pajin · Pajín · Пахин				[sources]
Birth date	1976-09-16				[sources]
Place of birth	San Sebastián				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Spain				[sources]
Country	Spain · European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Spain				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current) · National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Leire				[sources]
Last name	Iraola · PAJÍN · Pajín Iraola				[sources]
Political association	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q435199				[sources]
Position	Congreso de los Diputados (member, 2011-2012) · Member of the Congress of Deputies (2000-2004) · Member of the Congress of Deputies (2008-2008) · Member of the Congress of Deputies (2011-2012) · Member of the European Parliament (2024-) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Alicante (1993-1998)				[sources]
Source link	www.europarl.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-24	Last processed	2026-02-24	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Spanish politician

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

Relationships

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament	-	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Congress of Deputies	-	-
Member of the European Parliament

Data sources

European Parliament Members934

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European Union · EP

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 Categories339,165

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,007

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-83e52595-099b-4e99-9013-c00c6eb283d8 · eu-meps-256993

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