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Janak Ram

PEP · Politician

Janak 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	Janak · Janak Ram · Ram, Shri Janak · जनक राम · জনক রাম				[sources]
Alias	Janak · Janak Ram · जनक राम · জনক রাম · જનક રામ · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1973-12-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Gopalganj district · Indrawa, Distt. Gopalganj (Bihar)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Janak				[sources]
Last name	Ram				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16897884				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha				[sources]
Education	M.A. Educated at Rajendra College, Chhapra, Bihar				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	85, North Avenue, · Vill. Indrawa Abadullah, P.O. Thawe, P.S. & Distt. Gopalganj				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-21	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Gopalganj District President (BSP) : (1999-2002) Bihar State General Secretary (BSP) : (2002-2005) Bihar State Vice President (BSP) : (2005-2013) Member, Rashtriya Parishad (BJP) : (2013-2014)

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

Indian politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Smt. Kumari Priyanka Close Associate	spouse	-	-

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

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,730

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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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,688

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata330,978

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,956

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: in-sansad-ls-4719 · evpo-593ad198-47bd-4e24-9a23-7c5c4d8088dd

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