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Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

PEP · Politician

Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah 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	Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah · Shah, Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi · माला राज्यलक्ष्मी शाह · মালা রাজ্যলক্ষ্মী শাহ				[sources]
Alias	Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah · माला राज्यलक्ष्मी शाह · માલા રાજ્યલક્ષ્મી શાહ · ମାଳା ରାଜ୍ୟ ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ଶାହା · మాలా రాజ్యలక్ష్మీ శాహ్				[sources]
Birth date	1950-08-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Kathmandu · Kathmandu, Nepal				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	malarajyalaxmishah@gmail.com				[sources]
First name	Mala · Mala Rajya Laxmi				[sources]
Last name	Shah				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Smt.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q15940945				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha · Member of the 17th Lok Sabha				[sources]
Education	IntermediateEducated at Convent of Jesus & Mary, Pune and Ratna Rajya Laxmi College, Kathmandu (attended for 2 years)				[sources]
Status	Sitting				[sources]
Address	Raj Mahal P O Narendra Nagar Tehri Garhwal Uttarakhand · Tehri Garhwal House 5 Bhagwan Das Road New Delhi NCT of Delhi				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-21	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

First Woman Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha after creation of Uttarakhand

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

politician and Member of Parliament

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Manujendra Shah Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Lok Sabha	2019-06-17	2024-02-10

Data sources

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,803

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

India · Parliament of India

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,688

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

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 Persons in Relevant Categories343,730

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata331,008

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,956

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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