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Mel Senen Sarmiento

Politician

Mel Senen Sarmiento 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	Mel Senen Sarmiento · Sarmiento, Mel Senen S.				[sources]
Alias	Mel Senen S. Sarmiento · Mel Senen Sarmiento · Mel Senen Sevilla Sarmiento				[sources]
Birth date	1962-08-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Manila				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Philippines				[sources]
Country	Philippines				[sources]
Citizenship	Philippines				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Mel				[sources]
Political association	Liberal Party of the Philippines				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q17371180				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2013-2016) · Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (2015-2016) · member of the House of Representatives · member of the House of Representatives (2013-2015)				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Filipino politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-08-11

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,232

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,808

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata355,697

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,160

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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