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Ben Martins

Politician

Ben Martins 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	Ben Martins · Ben Martis · Benedict Anthony Duke Martins · Dikobe Ben Martins · بين مارتينز				[sources]
Other name	Ben Martis · Benedict Anthony Duke Martins				[sources]
Birth date	1956-09-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Alexandra				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	South Africa				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Citizenship	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	bmartins@parliament.gov.za				[sources]
First name	Ben · Benedict Anthony Duke				[sources]
Last name	Martins				[sources]
Title	Mr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q15818087 · Q47529805				[sources]
Position	ANC Constituency Office (841): Utrecht (Constituency Contact, -2014) · ANC Constituency Office (841): Utrecht (Constituency Contact, 2014-2019) · African National Congress National Election List 2014 (57th Candidate, 2014-2014) · National Assembly (Member, 2009-2014) · National Assembly (Member, 2014-2019) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	University of South Africa				[sources]
Source link	www.pa.org.za · www.parliament.gov.za				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

South African politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-03-15

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the National Assembly of South Africa	2014-05-21	2019-05-07
Minister of Transport	2012-06-12	2013-07-09
Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises	2017-03-30	2018-02-26
Minister of Electricity and Energy	2013-07-09	2014-04-24
Member of the National Assembly	2014-05-21	-
Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises	2010-10-31	2012-06-12

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,903

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Wikidata · non-official source

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,960

Current members of the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces, and provincial legislatures and executives in South Africa.

South Africa · PMG · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,163

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,336

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MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata354,046

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,850

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-f0085b1c-56f2-4957-aa83-8c260ccb479e · Q15818087

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