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Arif Virani

Politician

Arif Virani 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	Arif Virani · Ариф Вирани · Аріф Вірані · اريف ڤيرانى · 아리프 비라니				[sources]
Alias	Аріф Вірані · Вирани, Ариф				[sources]
Birth date	1971-11-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Kampala				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Canada				[sources]
Country	Canada · Global				[sources]
Citizenship	Canada				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current) · National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	Arif.Virani@parl.gc.ca				[sources]
First name	Arif				[sources]
Last name	Virani				[sources]
Website	avirani.liberal.ca · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q22704264				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2015-) · Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada · member of parliament · member of the House of Commons of Canada				[sources]
Education	Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law · McGill University				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Canadian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the House of Commons of Canada	-	-
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada	2023-07-26	2025-03-14

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,581

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,135

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,984

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,966

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-canada-arif-virani-minister-of-justice · evpo-573adbb6-71ea-4fc6-9375-807dcd57e4de · us-cia-canada-arif-virani-attorney-general

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