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Merja Kyllönen

PEP · Politician

Merja Kyllönen 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	Merja Kyllönen · Мер'я Кюлльонен · Мерья Кюллёнен · ميرچا كيلونين · 梅爾婭·屈勒寧 · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Kyllönen Merja · Merja Kyllonen · Кюлленен, Мерья · Кюллёнен, Мерья · Мерья Кюлленен · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1977-01-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Suomussalmi				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	European Union · Finland				[sources]
Citizenship	Finland				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current) · National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Merja · Merja Sinikka				[sources]
Last name	Kyllönen				[sources]
Political association	Left Alliance				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q460676				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Eduskunta (member, 2007-2011) · Eduskunta (member, 2011-2014) · Finnish Minister of Transport and Communications (2011-2014) · Member of the European Parliament (2014-) · Member of the European Parliament (2024-) · 4 more...				[sources]
Source link	www.europarl.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-04	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Finnish politician

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

Relationships

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Vasemmistoliitto	-	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Parliament	2024-07-16	-

Data sources

European Parliament Members934

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European Union · EP

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons289,950

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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 Persons in Relevant Categories356,055

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,907

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata343,259

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-56a76ead-b1b2-4bee-bc07-8924ca351e9a · eu-meps-124736

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