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Martin Liao

PEP

Martin Liao 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	Martin LIAO Cheung-kong · Martin Liao · 廖長江				[sources]
Alias	Liao Cheung-kong · Martin Liao · Martin Liao Cheung-kong · 廖長江 · 廖长江				[sources]
Birth date	1957-09-12				[sources]
Place of birth	British Hong Kong				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Citizenship	China · Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	legco.office.liao@gmail.com				[sources]
First name	Martin				[sources]
Last name	Liao				[sources]
Phone	+85225767121				[sources]
Title	Hon · SBS, JP				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1522171				[sources]
Position	Legislative Council (member, 2012-2016) · Legislative Council (member, 2016-) · National People's Congress deputy (2008-) · member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (2012-)				[sources]
Education	University College London · Ying Wa College				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-16	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Hong Kong barrister and politician, the 27th Chairman of the Board of Stewards of the Hong Kong Jockey Club

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-10-07

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Legislative Council	-	-
member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong	2012-10-01	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,769

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,625

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata327,310

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,781

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-63692331-c889-4b6a-bed4-b4f33503b9b2 · hk-legco-22c98309a995de62b22ca2359c3bf907f13bafc6

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