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Edward Yiu

Politician

Edward Yiu 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	Edward Yiu · YIU Chung-yim · إدوارد يو · 姚松炎				[sources]
Other name	Dr. Edward Yiu Chung-yim · Edward Yiu · Edward Yiu Chung-yim · Yao Songyan · Yiu Chung-yim · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1964-07-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Hong Kong				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Country	China · Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Citizenship	China				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	contact@edwardyiu.org				[sources]
First name	Edward				[sources]
Last name	Yao				[sources]
Phone	+85236146160				[sources]
Title	Dr Hon				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q26806487				[sources]
Position	Legislative Council (member, 2016-) · member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (2016-2016)				[sources]
Education	Kowloon Technical School · University of Hong Kong				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Hong Kong scholar and politician

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

Relationships

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories361,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,139

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata335,470

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,576

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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