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Benito Gama

Politician

Benito Gama 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	Benito Gama · بينيتو جاما				[sources]
Other name	Benito da Gama Santos				[sources]
Birth date	1948-08-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Ituaçu				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Brazil				[sources]
Country	Brazil				[sources]
Citizenship	Brazil				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Benito				[sources]
Last name	Gama				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16497789				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Deputies (member, 2015-2019) · Communications Secretary of the State of Bahia (1982-1983) · Government secretaries of Finance of the State of Bahia (1983-1985) · Secretary of Industry, Commerce and Mining of the State of Bahia (1999-2000) · federal deputy of Bahia (1987-1991) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Catholic University of Salvador (1970-1973) · Fundação Getúlio Vargas				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Brazilian economist and politician, former federal deputy from Bahia

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-10-26

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories363,068

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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