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Jānis Vucāns

Politician

Jānis Vucāns 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	Jānis Vucāns · چانيس ڤوكانس · 福強斯				[sources]
Birth date	1956-02-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Riga				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Latvia				[sources]
Country	Latvia				[sources]
Citizenship	Latvia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	Janis.Vucans@saeima.lv				[sources]
First name	Jānis				[sources]
Last name	Vucāns				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6111957				[sources]
Position	Saeima (member, 2010-2011) · Saeima (member, 2011-2014) · Saeima (member, 2014-2018) · deputy of Saeima (2010-2011) · deputy of Saeima (2011-2014) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Latvia				[sources]
Source link	titania.saeima.lv				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Latvian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
deputy of Saeima	2018-11-06	2022-11-01

Data sources

Latvian Saeima101

Members of the Saeima, the unicameral parliament of Latvia

Latvia · Saeima

Every Politician57,897

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,089

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,375

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions548,945

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,947

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-71b83af9-2d68-4bf8-b54c-33b3928f3b64 · lv-sae-janis-vucans

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