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Sharna Fernandez

Politician

Sharna Fernandez 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	Sharna Fernandez · Sharna Gail Fernandez · 沙爾納·費爾南德斯				[sources]
Alias	Sharna Gail Fernandez				[sources]
Birth date	1959-08-10				[sources]
Death date	2025-11-14				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Citizenship	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	sharnafda@gmail.com				[sources]
First name	Sharna Gail				[sources]
Last name	Fernandez				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Alliance				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q28105718				[sources]
Position	DA Constituency Area: Athlone 1 (Constituency Contact, 2018-2019) · DA Constituency Area: Beaufort Wes (Constituency Contact, 2014-2014) · DA Constituency Area: Beaufort West (Constituency Contact, 2014-2017) · Democratic Alliance (DA) (Member) · Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (174th Candidate, 2019-2019) · 10 more...				[sources]
Source link	pa.org.za				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-05	Last processed	2026-02-24	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

South African politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Provincial Parliament of Western Cape	2019-05-22	-
Minister of Social Development	2019-05-23	-

Data sources

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,819

Current members of the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces, and provincial legislatures and executives in South Africa.

South Africa · PMG · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,126

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,221

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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