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Abba Boukar

PEP · Politician

Abba Boukar 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	Abba Boukar				[sources]
Alias	Boukar Abba				[sources]
Birth date	1942				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Cameroon				[sources]
Citizenship	Cameroon				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Political association	Cameroon People's Democratic Movement				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q28497635				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	fr.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Assemblée Nationale (member, 2002-2007) · Member of the National Assembly of Cameroon · Sénat (member, 2013-) · mayor · senator in Cameroon				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-07	Last processed	2026-04-07	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Cameroonian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Sénat	2013	-
Member of the National Assembly of Cameroon	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,305

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,420

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,144

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,785

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-c0e74763-0266-4a17-b49b-001ecc26e2ce · evpo-a3742bf8-1b8b-4fa4-ba31-40f12fb5af91

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