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Sam Cheptoris

Politician

Sam Cheptoris 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	Sam Cheptoris				[sources]
Other name	Sam Mangusho Cheptoris				[sources]
Birth date	1949-12-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Kapchorwa District				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Uganda				[sources]
Country	Uganda				[sources]
Citizenship	Uganda				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Sam				[sources]
Phone	+256700423245 · +256772997722				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q24565843				[sources]
Position	Member of Parliament of Uganda · Minister of Water & Environment · Minister of Water and Environment · Parliament (member, 2016-)				[sources]
Education	Makerere University · University of Nairobi				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-27	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Ugandan politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Water and Environment	-	-
Member of Parliament of Uganda	-	-
Minister of Water and Environment	2021-06-09	-
Member of Parliament	2016-05-16	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories377,224

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,136

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US CIA World Leaders11,013

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United States of America · CIA

Every Politician58,336

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MySociety · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-uganda-sam-cheptoris-min-of-water-environment · evpo-1145ea03-1dcd-4300-8eb3-26452a62512c · us-cia-uganda-sam-cheptoris-minister-of-water-environment

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