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Kyriakos Velopoulos

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Kyriakos Velopoulos 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	Belopoulos Ioshf Kyriakos · Kiriakos Velopoulos · Kiriakos Welopulos · Kyriakos Velopoulos · Kyriakos Velopulos · 9 more...				[sources]
Alias	Kyriakos Iosif Velopoulos · Kyriakos Velopoulos · Βελόπουλος Ιωσήφ Κυριάκος · Κυριάκος Βελόπουλος · Велопулос, Кириакос				[sources]
Weak alias	キリアコス・ベロプロス · 基裡亞科斯·韋洛普洛斯 · 基里亚科斯·韦洛普洛斯				[sources]
Birth date	1965-10-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Essen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	European Union · Greece				[sources]
Citizenship	Greece				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past) · National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Kyriakos				[sources]
Political association	ELLINIKI LYSI - KYRIAKOS VELOPOULOS · Greek Solution · New Democracy · Popular Orthodox Rally				[sources]
Website	www.velopoulos.gr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6452486				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Hellenic Parliament (member, 2007-2009) · Hellenic Parliament (member, 2009-2012) · Member of the European Parliament (2019-2019) · member of the Hellenic Parliament				[sources]
Source link	www.hellenicparliament.gr				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-08	Last processed	2026-04-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Greek politician and television personality

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Dimitris Venieris - Velopoulos PEP	brother · sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Parliament	2019-07-02	2019-07-06

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,823

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories342,290

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Hellenic Parliament359

Profiles of Members of the Hellenic Parliament, including their political affiliations.

Greece · Βουλή των Ελλήνων

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata330,178

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,605

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-8eda8f7f-d18b-4040-8b78-2865d79724fd · gr-par-7befd423-908f-4667-8acb-a9c083ff6b44

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