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Raimo Piirainen

PEP · Politician

Raimo Piirainen 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	Raimo Piirainen				[sources]
Alias	Piirainen Raimo · Raimo Olavi Piirainen				[sources]
Birth date	1952-12-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Kajaani				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Finland				[sources]
Citizenship	Finland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Olavi · Raimo · Raimo Olavi				[sources]
Last name	Piirainen				[sources]
Political association	Social Democratic Party of Finland				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5488102				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Eduskunta (member, 2007-2011) · Eduskunta (member, 2011-2015) · member of the Parliament of Finland · member of the Parliament of Finland (2019-) · municipal councillor in Finland				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-12	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Finnish politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories345,356

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons278,395

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions519,977

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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