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Valdon Dowiyogo

PEP · Politician

Valdon Dowiyogo 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	Valdon Dowiyogo · Валдон Довийого · فالدون دويوجو · ヴァルドン・ドウィヨゴ · 韋爾登·度維友果				[sources]
Alias	Valdon Kape Dowiyogo · ヴァルドン・ドウィヨゴ · 韋爾登·度維友果				[sources]
Birth date	1968-08-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Nauru				[sources]
Death date	2016-12-08				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nauru				[sources]
Citizenship	Nauru				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Valdon				[sources]
Last name	Dowiyogo				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q321050				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Parliament (member, 2000-2010) · Parliament (member, 2010-2013) · Parliament (member, 2016-) · health minister				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-16	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

Nauruan sportsperson and politician (1968-2016)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata327,370

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,594

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Christine Dowiyogo Close Associate	mother	-	-
Bernard Dowiyogo Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Parliament	2000-06-19	-
Member of Parliament	-	-