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Ashraf Choudhary

PEP · Politician

Ashraf Choudhary 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	Ashraf Choudhary · اشرف چودری · 阿什拉夫·周哈里				[sources]
Alias	Choudhary, Ashraf · M. A Choudhary · Mohammed Ashraf Choudhary · اشرف چودری				[sources]
Weak alias	阿什拉夫·周·哈里				[sources]
Birth date	1949-02-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Sialkot				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	New Zealand				[sources]
Citizenship	New Zealand				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Ashraf				[sources]
Last name	Choudhary				[sources]
Political association	New Zealand Labour Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4805872				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the New Zealand Parliament · New Zealand Parliament (member, 2005-2008) · New Zealand Parliament (member, 2008-2011)				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Philosophy (1979) · Massey University · Newcastle University · University of Agriculture Faisalabad				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

New Zealand politician and scientist

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-14

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,305

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,420

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata330,785

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,144

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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