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Kamlesh Paswan

PEP · Politician

Kamlesh Paswan 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	Kamlesh Paswan · Paswan, Shri Kamlesh · कमलेश पासवान · কামলেশ পাসওয়ান				[sources]
Alias	Kamlesh Paswan · कमलेश पासवान · કમલેશ પાસવાન · କମଳେଶ ପସ୍ୱାନ · కమలేష్ పాస్వాన్				[sources]
Birth date	1976-08-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Gorakhpur · Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	kamlesh.paswan@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Kamlesh				[sources]
Last name	Paswan				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16215999				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 15th Lok Sabha · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha · Member of the 17th Lok Sabha				[sources]
Education	M.A. (Pol. Science) Educated at D.D.U. Gorakhpur University				[sources]
Status	Sitting				[sources]
Address	20 Mother Teresa Crescent Road New Delhi NCT of Delhi · Paswan Niwas Near BRD Medical College Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-24	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Indian politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Smt. Subhawati Devi Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the 16th Lok Sabha	-	-

Data sources

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,969

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India · Parliament of India

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,289

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,407

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata328,055

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,308

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: in-sansad-ls-4303 · evpo-992f6d74-efda-4140-bf8e-b5e32f53c657

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