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Harsh Vardhan

PEP · Politician

Harsh Vardhan 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	Harsh Vardhan · Harsh Vardhan , Dr. · Харш Вардхан · قاسية فاردان · हर्षवर्धन · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Dr Harsh Vardhan · H.E. Dr. Harsh Vardhan · Harsh Vardhan · Харш Вардхан · हर्षवर्धन · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1954-12-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Delhi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	dr.harshvardhan@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
Last name	Harsh Vardhan				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Dr.				[sources]
Website	www.drharshvardhan.com · facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q14647783				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha · Member of the 17th Lok Sabha · Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly · Minister of Science and Technology (2014-2021)				[sources]
Education	Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College · M.B.B.S, M.S. (ENT) Educated at G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur, U.P. · Zakir Husain Delhi College				[sources]
Religion	Hinduism				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	8, Tees January Marg, · E-8A/14, Krishna Nagar,				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Served as Advisor to World Health Organization for many years and was member of many international technical committees; Presently, Chairman Executive Board, World Health Organisation; Board Member, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

— India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members, 2025-10-13

Delhi politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Smt. Nutan Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Lok Sabha	-	-
Member of the 17th Lok Sabha	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories341,406

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons273,471

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,816

Current and historical members of the two houses of the Indian Parliament

India · Parliament of India

External databases

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Wikidata329,999

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,757

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-05305312-8eef-448b-8378-ab6a1293a069 · in-sansad-ls-4776

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