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Vinod Kumar Sonkar

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Vinod Kumar Sonkar 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	Sonkar, Shri Vinod Kumar · Vinod Kumar Sonkar · विनोद कुमार सोनकर · বিনোদ কুমার সোনকর				[sources]
Alias	Vinod Kumar Sonkar · विनोद कुमार सोनकर · વિનોદ કુમાર સોનકર · ବିନୋଦ କୁମାର ଶଙ୍କର · వినోద్ కుమార్ సొంకార్				[sources]
Birth date	1970-02-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Prayagraj · Sadiyapur, Distt. Prayagraj, (Uttar Pradesh)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	India				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	vinod.sonkar@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Vinod · Vinod Kumar				[sources]
Last name	Sonkar				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q17093262				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha · Member of the 17th Lok Sabha				[sources]
Education	Graduate Educated at Allahabad University, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · University of Allahabad				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	10, Talkatora Road, · 222A/2A, Jayanti Pur, Preetam Nagar,				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-12	Last processed	2026-02-23	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Indian politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Shri Amar Nath Sonkar Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Lok Sabha	2019-06-17	2024-02-10

Data sources

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,969

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

India · Parliament of India

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,769

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,642

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata327,259

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,872

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-16fc22be-a722-4483-a517-797e4c4553e5 · in-sansad-ls-4623

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