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Ashwini Kumar

PEP · Politician

Ashwini Kumar 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	Ashwini Kumar · Ashwini Kumar Chopra · Ashwini Kumar, Shri · اشوينى كومار تشوپرا · अश्विनी कुमार				[sources]
Alias	Ashwini Kumar Chopra · अश्विनी कुमार · અશ્વિની કુમાર · ଅଶ୍ୱିନୀ କୁମାର ଚୋପ୍ରା · అశ్వినీ కుమార్				[sources]
Birth date	1956-06-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Jalandhar · Jalandhar, Punjab				[sources]
Death date	2020-01-18				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	ashwanikumar.mp@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
Last name	Ashwini Kumar				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16247654				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha				[sources]
Education	Degree in Journalism,Educated at Punjab University, Chandigarh				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	Plot No. 2, Printing Press Complex,Ring Road, Wazirpur,				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-26	Last processed	2026-04-26	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Indian journalist

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Shri Romesh Chander Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Lok Sabha	2014-06-04	2019-02-13

Data sources

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,802

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India · Parliament of India

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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