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Syed Hamid Albar

Diplomat · Politician

Syed Hamid Albar 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	Albar, Dato' Seri Syed Hamid, · Syed Hamid Albar · Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar · Хамід Албар · سيد حميد البار · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Albar, Dato' Seri Syed Hamid, · Syed Hamid Syed Jaafar Albar · Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaabar Albar · Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar · Саєд Хамід Албар · 7 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1944-01-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Penang				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Malaysia				[sources]
Country	Malaysia				[sources]
Citizenship	Malaysia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Syed				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3176113				[sources]
Position	Dewan Rakyat (member, 2004-2008) · Dewan Rakyat (member, 2008-2013) · Member of the Dewan Rakyat · Minister of Defence · Minister of Defence (1995-1999) · 1 more...				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Malaysian politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,560

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,481

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,631

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,036

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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