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Yang Xiong

Politician

Yang Xiong 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	Yang Xiong · Ян Сюн · يانج اكسيونج · يانغ شيونغ · იანგ სიუნგი · 3 more...				[sources]
Alias	Dương Hùng · Yang Xiong · 楊雄 · 양슝				[sources]
Birth date	1953-11-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Nanhui District				[sources]
Death date	2021-04-12				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	China				[sources]
Country	China				[sources]
Citizenship	China				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Last name	Yang				[sources]
Political association	Chinese Communist Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2117887				[sources]
Position	Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress · National People's Congress deputy · National People’s Congress (member, 2013-) · mayor of Shanghai (2013-2017)				[sources]
Education	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Chinese politician (1953–2021)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-17

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National People’s Congress	2013-03-05	-
National People's Congress deputy	2013-03-05

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

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,331

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata355,577

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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