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Ahmad Tavakkoli

PEP · Politician

Ahmad Tavakkoli 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	Ahmad Tavakkoli · Ahmet Tevekkülî · אחמד טבאקולי · احمد توکلی				[sources]
Alias	Ahmad Tavakkoli				[sources]
Birth date	1951-03-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Behshahr				[sources]
Death date	2025-07-23				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Citizenship	Iran				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Ahmad				[sources]
Last name	Tavakkoli				[sources]
Political association	Islamic Coalition Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4164150				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Majles (member, 2012-2016) · Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (2004-2016) · Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Iran (1981-1985)				[sources]
Education	University of Nottingham				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-12	Last processed	2026-04-26	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Iranian politician (1951-2025)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-07-26

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons278,406

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata331,707

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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