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Marju Lauristin

Politician

Marju Lauristin 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	Marju Lauristin · Мар'ю Лаурістін · Марью Лауристин · Мар’ю Лаўрысцін · مارچو لاوريستين · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Лауристин, Марью				[sources]
Weak alias	マリユ・ラウリスティン				[sources]
Birth date	1940-04-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Tallinn				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past) · National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Marju				[sources]
Last name	Lauristin				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q468690				[sources]
Position	Member of the European Parliament (2014-2017) · Minister of Social Affairs (1992-1994) · Special Guest of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1992-1993) · member of the Riigikogu · member of the Riigikogu (1992-1992) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Tartu · candidate of philology (1976)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Estonian politician and sociologist (born 1940)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-09-30

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Marin Laak Close Associate	child	-	-
Peeter Vihalemm Close Associate	spouse	1978	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Parliament	2014-07-01	2017-11-05

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,430

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,033

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata350,197

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