# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aivars-lembergs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:48:35.437Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aivars-lembergs"
name: "Aivars Lembergs"
slug: "aivars-lembergs"
description: "Aivars Lembergs is a Latvian politician, oligarch, and convicted money launderer who was the mayor of Ventspils from 1988 to 2021, a mandate from which he has been suspended since 2008. In February 2021, Lembergs was found guilty of charges relating to bribery and money-laundering. He received a sentence of five years in prison, confiscation of property, and a €20,000 fine."
tagline: "Latvian politician (born 1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aivars_Lembergs_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.44356
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.aivarslembergs.lv"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aivars_Lembergs"
    title: "Aivars Lembergs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aivars_Lembergs"
    title: "Aivars Lembergs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aivars_Lembergs"
    title: "Aivars Lembergs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aivars_Lembergs"
    title: "Aivars Lembergs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aivars_Lembergs"
    title: "Aivars Lembergs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aivars_Lembergs"
    title: "Aivars Lembergs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aivars_Lembergs"
    title: "Aivars Lembergs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aivars_Lembergs"
    title: "Aivars Lembergs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aivars_Lembergs"
    title: "Aivars Lembergs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aivars_Lembergs"
    title: "Aivars Lembergs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Лембергс, Айварс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337868"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump