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Яри Вилен

Diplomat · Politician

Яри Вилен 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	Jari Vilén · Яри Вилен · چارى ڤيلين				[sources]
Other name	Jari Pekka Olavi Vilén · Jari Vilen · Vilén Jari				[sources]
Weak alias	Villen				[sources]
Birth date	1964-04-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Kemi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Finland				[sources]
Country	Finland				[sources]
Citizenship	Finland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Jari · Jari Pekka Olavi · Olavi · Pekka				[sources]
Last name	Vilén				[sources]
Website	www.vilen.fi				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q736216				[sources]
Position	Eduskunta (member, 2003-2007) · ambassador of Finland to Hungary (2007-2012) · ambassador of Finland to Poland (2012-2014) · ambassador of the European Union to the Council of Europe (2014-2018) · member of the Parliament of Finland (1999-2007)				[sources]
Education	University of Oulu				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Finnish politician and diplomat

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
ambassador of Finland to Hungary	2007-01-01	2012-01-01
Member of the Eduskunta

Data sources

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Wikidata334,036

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,659

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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