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Anas Sarwar

Politician

Anas Sarwar 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	Anas Sarwar · אנאס סרוואר · اناس ساروار · انس سرور · 阿納斯·薩瓦爾				[sources]
Weak alias	阿拉斯·萨瓦尔				[sources]
Birth date	1983-03-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Glasgow				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	Anas.Sarwar.msp@parliament.scot				[sources]
First name	Anas				[sources]
Last name	Sarwar				[sources]
Website	www.anassarwar.org · anassarwar.co.uk · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q478812				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · Leader of the Scottish Labour Party (2021-) · Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament (2016-2021) · Member of the 6th Scottish Parliament (2021-) · Scottish Parliament (member, 2016-) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Hutchesons' Grammar School · University of Glasgow				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Leader of the Scottish Labour Party

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-08-07

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Mohammad Sarwar Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Leader of the Scottish Labour Party	2021-02-27	-

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,216

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,660

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata334,043

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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