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Jitan Ram Manjhi

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Jitan Ram Manjhi 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	Jitan Ram Manjhi · Джитан Рам Манджни · جتن رام منجی · जीतन राम मांझी · জিতান রাম মঞ্চি · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1944-10-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Gaya district · Village Mahkar				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom · India				[sources]
Classification	National government (current) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Jitan Ram				[sources]
Last name	Manjhi				[sources]
Political association	Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) · Indian National Congress · Janata Dal (United) · Rashtriya Janata Dal				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16910976				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Chief Minister of Bihar (2014-2015) · Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly · Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises · Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (2024-)				[sources]
Education	BA(Hons) Magadh University, Bodhgaya · Magadh University				[sources]
Status	Sitting				[sources]
Address	Village Mahkar, PO-Sapneri PS- Mahkar Gaya Bihar				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-03	Last processed	2026-04-03	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-06-06

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sukumari Devi Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	2024-06-10	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Santosh Kumar Suman PEP	child · father	-	-

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India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,816

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US CIA World Leaders10,933

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,227

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,703

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,334

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-india-jitan-ram-manjhi-minister-of-micro-small-medium-enterprises · in-sansad-ls-5558

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