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Vilis Krištopans

Politician

Vilis Krištopans 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	Vilis Kristopans · Vilis Krištopans · Вилис Криштопанс · Віліс Крыштопанс · Віліс Кріштопанс · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Vilis Krištopanas · Vilis Krištopāns				[sources]
Weak alias	Krištopans				[sources]
Birth date	1954-06-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Yarkovo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	European Union · Latvia				[sources]
Citizenship	Latvia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current) · National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Vilis				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q944216				[sources]
Position	Member of the European Parliament (2024-) · Prime Minister of Latvia (1998-1999)				[sources]
Education	Riga Technical University				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2024-07-19

Descriptions

Prime Minister of Latvia

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-07-20

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,230

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,091

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: lv-sae-vilis-kristopans

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kristaps Krištopans Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Saeima	-	-
Prime Minister	1998-11-26	1999-07-16