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Obed Bapela

Politician

Obed Bapela 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	Kopeng Obed Bapela · Obed Bapela · 奧貝德·巴佩拉				[sources]
Other name	Kopeng Obed Bapela · Obed Bapela				[sources]
Birth date	1958-02-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Alexandra				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	South Africa				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Citizenship	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	unathis@cogta.gov.za				[sources]
First name	Kopeng Obed				[sources]
Last name	Bapela				[sources]
Title	Mr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q28011968				[sources]
Position	ANC Constituency Office (401): Madibeng (Brits) (Constituency Contact, 2014-2019) · African National Congress (ANC) (Member) · African National Congress National Election List 2014 (71st Candidate, 2014-2014) · African National Congress National Election List 2019 (64th Candidate, 2019-2019) · National Assembly (Member, 2009-2014) · 11 more...				[sources]
Source link	www.pa.org.za · www.parliament.gov.za				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

South African politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Constance Bapela Politician	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly	2014-05-21	-
Member of the National Assembly	2019-05-22

Data sources

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,963

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South Africa · PMG · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,087

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,785

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Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata350,129

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,511

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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