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David Mark

PEP · Politician

David Mark 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	David Mark · Дэвид Марк · ديفيد مارك · ڈیوڈ مارک				[sources]
Alias	Alechenu Bonaventure David Mark GCON · DAVID A.B MARK · David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark · MARK DAVID A.B · Марк, Дэвид · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1948-04-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Zungeru				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	igboss@gmail.com				[sources]
First name	David				[sources]
Last name	Mark				[sources]
Political association	Peoples Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q459205				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Governor of Niger State (1984-1986) · President of the Senate of Nigeria (2007-2015) · Senate (member, 2015-) · communications minister (1984-1986) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (1999-2019)				[sources]
Education	Nigerian Defence Academy				[sources]
Religion	Christianity				[sources]
Last change	2026-05-01	Last processed	2026-05-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Nigerian politician and general

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons278,393

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories347,683

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions522,419

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,037

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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