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Viktors Valainis

Politician

Viktors Valainis 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	Viktors Valainis · Виктор Валайнис · ڤيكتورس ڤالاينيس				[sources]
Birth date	1986-08-09				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Latvia				[sources]
Country	Latvia				[sources]
Citizenship	Latvia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Viktors				[sources]
Last name	Valainis				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q9368732				[sources]
Position	Minister of Economics · Saeima (member, 2011-2014) · Saeima (member, 2014-2018) · deputy of Saeima (2011-2014) · deputy of Saeima (2015-2018) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Riga Technical University				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-19	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
Member of the Saeima	2011-10-18	2014-11-03
deputy of Saeima	2015-04-30

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,534

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories377,485

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,035

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United States · CIA

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Wikidata350,491

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,192

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-latvia-viktors-valainis-minister-of-economics · evpo-e01a6843-32b9-4546-ae0d-4e9afee9356d

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