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David van Rooyen

Politician

David van Rooyen 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	David Douglas Des Van Rooyen · David van Rooyen · Давид ван Ройн				[sources]
Alias	David Douglas Van Rooyen · David van Rooyen · Des van Rooyen · Давид ван Ройн				[sources]
Birth date	1968-10-20 · 1968-11-20				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	South Africa				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Citizenship	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	dvanrooyen@parliament.gov.za				[sources]
First name	David · David Douglas				[sources]
Last name	Van Rooyen				[sources]
Political association	African National Congress				[sources]
Title	Mr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q21694330				[sources]
Position	ANC Constituency Office (129): Westville Westonaria City (Constituency Contact, -2014) · ANC Constituency Office (129): Westville Westonaria City (Constituency Contact, 2014-2019) · African National Congress (ANC) (Member, -2023) · African National Congress Regional Gauteng Election List 2014 (19th Candidate, 2014-2014) · Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament (Member, 2024-) · 16 more...				[sources]
Education	University of South Africa				[sources]
Source link	www.pa.org.za · www.parliament.gov.za				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-05	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

South African politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the National Assembly of South Africa	2014-05-21	2019-05-07

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,820

Current members of the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces, and provincial legislatures and executives in South Africa.

South Africa · PMG · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,165

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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 OpenSanctions503,185

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,007

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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