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Devar Smit

Politician

Devar Smit 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	Devar Smit				[sources]
Birth date	not available				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	State government (past)				[sources]
E-Mail	devarsmit@vfplus.org.za				[sources]
First name	Devar				[sources]
Last name	Smit				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q100251669				[sources]
Position	Agriculture, Rural Economic Development, Small Business, Sport, Arts and Culture (Member, 2019-2024) · Cooperative Governance, Office of the Premier, Legislature & Police (Member, 2019-2024) · Education, Health & Social Services (Member, 2019-2024) · Free State Provincial Legislature (Member, 2019-2024) · Freedom Front + (Vryheidsfront Plus, FF+) (Member) · 5 more...				[sources]
Source link	pa.org.za				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-23	Last processed	2026-02-23	First seen	2024-09-04

Descriptions

South African politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-09-05

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature	2019-05-23	2024-05-28

Data sources

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,819

Current members of the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces, and provincial legislatures and executives in South Africa.

South Africa · PMG · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,199

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,084

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,304

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: za-pmg-65def1f3477f668279551a144d1b00e66e2b6b01

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