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Vinod Khanna

Politician

Vinod Khanna 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	Khanna, Shri Vinod · Vinod Khanna · Vinod Xanna · Винод Кханна · Винод Ханна · 9 more...				[sources]
Alias	Hanna Vinod · Vinod Khanna · Винод Кханна · Кханна, Винод · Վինոդ Կհաննա · 15 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1946-10-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Peshawar · Peshawar (Now in Pakistan)				[sources]
Death date	2017-04-27				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	India				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	vkhanna@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Vinod				[sources]
Last name	Khanna				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2038656				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 12th Lok Sabha · Member of the 13th Lok Sabha · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha (2014-2017)				[sources]
Education	Delhi Public School · Delhi Public School Society · Sydenham College · Under Graduate Educated at St. Xavier High School, Mumbai, Delhi Public School, Delhi, Lord Barnes High School, Devlali and Sydenham College, Mumbai (Maharashtra)				[sources]
Status	Died				[sources]
Address	13-C, I.L. Palazzo, Little Gibbs Road,				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-01-21	First seen	2025-10-13

Descriptions

An active supporter of ‘World wide Fund for Nature’, “Beauty without Cruelty”, “Cry”, “Drug Abuse Information, Rehabilitation Centre”; Member, (i) General Assembly, Indian Council of Cultural Relations, 1998 onwards (ii) Film Development Council; and (iii) Organising Committee, International Film Festival of India, 1999 Appointed by the Commonwealth as an International Observer to the Zimbabwe General Elections in recognition of his commitment to democracy, vast experience with world communities, his understanding of Indian democracy vis-à-vis other political democracies and his wisdom in deciding whether the election of the President of Zimbabwe was with free will and without influence, and democratic

— India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members, 2025-10-13

Indian actor, director, politician (1946–2017)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-01

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Smt. Kamla Khanna Close Associate	mother	-	-
Shri Kishanchand Khanna

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Lok Sabha	2004-06-02	2009-02-26
member of the Lok Sabha	2014-06-04

Data sources

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members9,142

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

India · Parliament of India

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,660

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions525,917

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,491

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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