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Adenan Satem

Politician

Adenan Satem 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	Adenan Hj. Satem · Adenan Satem · Аденан Сатем · アデナン・サテム · 阿德南·沙甸 · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Adenan Hj. Satem · Adenan bin Haji Satem · Adenan bin Satem · Dato Sri Hj. Adenan Hj. Satem · Аденан Сатем · 3 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	阿德南沙登 · 阿迪南沙登				[sources]
Birth date	1944-01-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Kuching				[sources]
Death date	2017-01-11				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Malaysia				[sources]
Country	Malaysia				[sources]
Citizenship	Malaysia				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Political association	Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12682034				[sources]
Position	Dewan Rakyat (member, 2004-2008) · Member of the Dewan Rakyat · Premier of Sarawak (2014-2017)				[sources]
Education	University of Adelaide				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-01-22	First seen	2025-10-16

Descriptions

fifth Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-10-16

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Dewan Rakyat	2004-05-17	2008-02-13

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Azizul Annuar Adenan Politician	father	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,653

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata334,608

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,062

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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