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Karl Samuda

Politician

Karl Samuda 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	Karl Samuda				[sources]
Alias	Karl George Samuda				[sources]
Birth date	1942-02-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Kingston				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Jamaica				[sources]
Country	Jamaica				[sources]
Citizenship	Jamaica				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Karl				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1732780				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2012-2016) · House of Representatives (member, 2016-) · Member of the House of Representatives of Jamaica · Minister of Labour & Social Security (2020-2023)				[sources]
Education	Ardenne High School · University of Ottawa				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Jamaican politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,138

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,040

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,763

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,743

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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