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Vishnu Dayal Ram

PEP · Politician

Vishnu Dayal Ram 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	Ram, Shri Vishnu Dayal · Vishnu Dayal Ram · विष्णु दयाल राम · বিষ্ণু দয়াল রাম				[sources]
Alias	Vishnu Dayal Ram · विष्णु दयाल राम · বিষ্ণু দয়াল রাম · વિષ્ણુ દયાલ રામ · ବିଷ୍ଣୁ ଦୟାଲ ରାମ · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1951-07-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Buxar · Nainijor, Distt. Buxar (Bihar)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	vishnudayal.ram@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Vishnu Dayal				[sources]
Last name	Ram				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16736909				[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	B.A. (Hons) Educated at Patna College, Patna University (Bihar)				[sources]
Status	Sitting				[sources]
Address	401, Kosi Apartments (Multi-storey flats), Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi · 601, 6th floor, Ishatvam Apartment, Kanke Road Jawahar Nagar Jawahar Nagar Ranchi Jharkhand				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-05	Last processed	2026-04-05	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Played an eminent role in curbing Naxal activities in the State of Jharkhand

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

Indian police chief

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Pushpa Dayal Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Lok Sabha	2024-06-24	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,305

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,377

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,803

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

India · Parliament of India

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Wikidata330,656

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,099

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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