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Haruna Iddrisu

PEP · Politician

Haruna Iddrisu 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	Haruna Iddrisu · هارونا إدريسو · هارونا ايدريسو · ہارون ادریسو · 하루나 이드리수				[sources]
Alias	Lawyer Haruna Iddrisu · المحامي هارونا إدريسو				[sources]
Weak alias	Gangdu · Gaŋdu				[sources]
Birth date	1970-09-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Tamale				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Ghana				[sources]
Citizenship	Ghana				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Haruna				[sources]
Political association	National Democratic Congress				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16211514				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2005-2009) · Member of the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2009-2013) · Member of the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2013-2017) · Member of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2017-) · Member of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2021-) · 9 more...				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Arts (Honours) · Ghana School of Law (-2002) · Navrongo Senior High School · Tamale Senior High School · University of Ghana · 1 more...				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Ethnicity	Mole-Dagbon				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-05-14	Last processed	2026-05-14	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Ghanaian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Parliament	-	-
Member of the 9th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana	2025-01-07	-

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons289,950

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,960

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories356,055

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata343,259

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,907

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-8b6c1aa1-6ab8-463f-9d0d-2dab68118d5f · us-cia-ghana-haruna-iddrisu-minister-of-education

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