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Viola Onwuliri

Politician

Viola Onwuliri 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	Viola Adaku Onwuliri · Viola Onwuliri · Βαϊόλα Ονουλίρι				[sources]
Birth date	1955-06-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Mbaise				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Viola				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q22678155				[sources]
Position	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria (2013-2014) · Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria (2011-2015)				[sources]
Education	University of Jos · University of Nigeria				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2023-09-27

Descriptions

Foreign minister of Nigeria

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Celestine Onwuliri Close Associate	Spouse	-	-
Celestine Onwuliri

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Foreign Affairs	2013	2014
Minister of Foreign Affairs	2013-01-01

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,004

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,391

Data on Politically Exposed Persons in Nigeria and their relatives from the Joining the Dots project.

Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,863

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,356

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,281

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-viola-onwuliri-1955-06-18-district

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