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Toomas Tõniste

PEP · Politician

Toomas Tõniste 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	Toomas Tõniste · Тоомас Тиністе · Тоомас Тынисте · Թոմաս Տինիստե · توماس تونيست · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Тоомас Тиністе · Тынисте, Тоомас · Թոմաս Տինիստե · توماس تونیسته				[sources]
Birth date	1967-04-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Tallinn				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Estonia				[sources]
Citizenship	Estonia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Toomas				[sources]
Last name	Tõniste				[sources]
Political association	Isamaa · Pro Patria Union				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q620859				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Minister of Finance (2017-2019) · Riigikogu (member, 2011-2015) · member of the Riigikogu (2007-) · member of the Riigikogu (2011-2015)				[sources]
Education	Kadriorg German Gymnasium · Tallinn University				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-01	Last processed	2026-04-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Estonian politician and sailor (born 1967)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-08-31

Relationships

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,202

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,414

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata328,054

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,008

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Tõnu Tõniste Close Associate	sibling · twin brother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Riigikogu	-	-
member of the Riigikogu	2007-03-27	-