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Abid Raja

Politician

Abid Raja 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	Abid Q. Raja · Abid Qayyum Raja · Abid Raja · ابيد راچا · عابد رجا				[sources]
Alias	Abid Q. Raja · Abid Raja · Raja, Abid Q.				[sources]
Birth date	1975-11-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Oslo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Norway				[sources]
Country	Norway				[sources]
Citizenship	Norway				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Abid · Abid Q.				[sources]
Last name	Raja				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4590497				[sources]
Position	Minister of Culture · Storting (member, 2013-2017) · Storting (member, 2017-) · deputy member of the Parliament of Norway · member of the Parliament of Norway				[sources]
Education	Candidate of Law · University of Oslo · University of Oxford				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Norwegian lawyer and politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Nadia Ansar Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Storting	2017-10-01	-
Member of the Storting	2013-10-01

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,578

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,822

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Every Politician57,742

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,636

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-3d70c3d4-32f8-4833-9956-20e60910b258 · NK-cJyLcYySgdf8VK8ajkkLj5 · us-cia-norway-abid-q-raja-min-of-culture-equality

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