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Rajesh Diwakar

PEP · Politician

Rajesh Diwakar 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	Diwakar, Shri Rajesh Kumar · Rajesh Diwakar · Rajesh Kumar Diwakar · राजेश कुमार दिवाकर · রাজেশ দিওয়াকর				[sources]
Alias	Rajesh Diwakar · राजेश कुमार दिवाकर · રાજેશ કુમાર દિવાકર · ରାଜେଶ ଦିବାକର · ராஜேஷ் திவாகர் · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1971-03-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Hathras · Ladpur, Hathras (Uttar Pradesh)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	rk.diwaker@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Rajesh · Rajesh Kumar				[sources]
Last name	Diwakar				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16902240				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha				[sources]
Education	B.Sc., LL.B.Educated at Saraswati Degree College, Hathras, U.P. and Shri Varshnoy Degree College, Aligarh, U.P.				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	161, South Avenue, · Vill. & P.O. Ladpur, Teh. & Distt. Hathras-204101				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-14	Last processed	2026-04-14	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Worked as Manager, (Quality Control) in Food Corporation of India (F.C.I.) during the period 1990-2012

— 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. Sweta Choudhry Close Associate	spouse	-	-

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

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,710

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories342,715

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,816

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

India · Parliament of India

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata330,422

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,029

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-8c4e94ee-3b88-4601-a886-c4d67870b709 · in-sansad-ls-4609

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