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João Soares

Politician

João Soares 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	João Barroso Soares · João Soares · Жоау Соареш · Жуан Суареш · Ժուան Սուարեշ · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Joao Soares · João Barroso Soares · Суареш, Жуан · جواو سواريس · 江守亞				[sources]
Birth date	1949-08-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Lisbon				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Portugal				[sources]
Country	Portugal				[sources]
Citizenship	Portugal				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	João				[sources]
Last name	Soares				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1340708				[sources]
Position	Assembleia da República (member, 2005-2009) · Assembleia da República (member, 2009-2011) · Assembleia da República (member, 2011-2015) · Assembleia da República (member, 2015-2015) · Mayor of Lisbon (1995-2002) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Lisbon				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Portuguese politician (born 1949)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-05-24

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Maria Barroso Politician	mother	-	-
Мариу Суареш Politician	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Culture	2015-11-26	2016-04-08

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,059

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,417

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,094

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata350,162

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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