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Ali Ehsassi

PEP · Politician

Ali Ehsassi 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	Ali Ehsassi · Али Сайрус Эсасси · الى اهساسى · علی احساسی				[sources]
Alias	Ali Cyrus Ehsassi · Али Эсасси · Эсасси, Али · علی احساسی				[sources]
Birth date	1970-04-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Geneva				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Canada				[sources]
Citizenship	Canada				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	Ali.Ehsassi@parl.gc.ca				[sources]
First name	Ali · Cyrus				[sources]
Last name	Ehsassi				[sources]
Political association	Liberal · Liberal Party of Canada				[sources]
Title	Hon.				[sources]
Website	aehsassi.liberal.ca · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q21156200				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2015-) · member of parliament · member of the House of Commons of Canada (2015-2019) · member of the House of Commons of Canada (2019-2021) · member of the House of Commons of Canada (2021-2025) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Georgetown University Law Center · London School of Economics and Political Science · Osgoode Hall Law School · York University				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Address	Willowdale, Ontario				[sources]
Source link	www.ourcommons.ca				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-16	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Canadian politician and lawyer

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

Relationships

Data sources

Canada Members of the House of Commons379

Current Members of the Canadian lower chamber, the House of Commons

Canada · House of Commons of Canada

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,615

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,738

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,594

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,370

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ca-commons-person-89010 · evpo-aabed860-eda7-460a-bb83-b2c20f7dcfe6

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