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Chan Santokhi

Politician

Chan Santokhi 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	Chan Santokhi · Chandrikapersad Santokhi · Hr. Chandrikapersad Santokhi · Τσαν Σαντόχι · Чан Сантоки · 10 more...				[sources]
Other name	Chan Santhoki · Chan Santokhi · Chandrikapersad Santhoki · Chandrikapersad Santokhi · تشان سانتوخي · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Santokhi · 坎·桑托基 · 昌·单多吉 · 昌德里卡佩尔萨德·单多吉				[sources]
Birth date	1959-02-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Lelydorp				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Suriname				[sources]
Country	Suriname				[sources]
Citizenship	Suriname				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	c.santokhi@dna.sr				[sources]
First name	Chan				[sources]
Last name	Santokhi				[sources]
Phone	+597366110 · +597368737 · +5978541175 · +5978633305				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q333135				[sources]
Position	Minister of Justice and Police of Suriname (2005-2010) · National Assembly (member, 2010-2015) · National Assembly (member, 2015-) · President of Suriname (2020-2025) · President of the Caribbean Community (2022-2022) · 1 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

President of Suriname since 2020

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Mellisa Seenacherry Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly	2015-06-30	-
member of the National Assembly of Suriname	2010-08-12

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,222

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories377,916

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,508

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata351,696

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-8771dd7ff512782446471bc22e37484065ec1626 · unprot-25d20ea0c6655447a5bac75a2c5cacd9d69498b5 · evpo-6af7243a-d9a3-4aab-a026-a50e20de843a · unprot-fb44b64fc4407d6ff58f57967c7ad77266b54178 · us-cia-suriname-chandrikapersad-chan-santokhi-president · us-cia-suriname-chandrikapersad-santokhi-president

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