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Samson Samsen

Politician

Samson Samsen 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	Samson Samsen · サムソン・サムセン				[sources]
Birth date	not available				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Vanuatu				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Samson				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q109923961				[sources]
Position	Minister for Tourism, Trade, Commerce, & Ni-Vanuatu Business · Minister of Education and Training (2021-2022)				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

politician in Vanuatu

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

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Tourism, Trade, Commerce, & Ni-Vanuatu Business	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,351

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,278

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,958

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

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Wikidata326,304

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,033

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-d3ab5e34-d2cf-4fbb-9083-d032d2bb0345 · evpo-7f3e4560-ff17-4891-a896-41433c9076ac · us-cia-vanuatu-samson-samsen-minister-for-tourism-trade-commerce-ni-vanuatu-business

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