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Ben Chan

PEP · Politician

Ben Chan 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 Chan · Ben Chan Han-pan · Ben Chen · CHAN Han-pan · Бен Чэнь · 3 more...				[sources]
Alias	Ben Chan · Ben Chen · Бен Чэнь · بين تشن · 陳恒鑌				[sources]
Weak alias	陳恆鑌				[sources]
Birth date	1975-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Puning				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Citizenship	China · Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	benchanlegco@gmail.com				[sources]
First name	Ben				[sources]
Last name	Chen				[sources]
Phone	+85225222202 · 2522 2202				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong				[sources]
Title	Dr · Hon · JP				[sources]
Website	www.benchan.hk · benchan.hk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4885408				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Legislative Council (member, 2012-2016) · Legislative Council (member, 2016-) · justice of the peace · member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (2012-2016) · member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (2016-2021) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	BEng in Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · MSc in Materials Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · PhD in Politics, Tsinghua University of China				[sources]
Address	Room 1003, Legislative Council Complex, 1 Legislative Council Road, Central, Hong Kong				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-08	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Hong Kong politician

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

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Room 1003, Legislative Council Complex, 1 Legislative Council Road, Central, Hong Kong	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong	2016-10-01	2021-12-31

Data sources

Hong Kong Legislative Council Members415

Members of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong SAR

Hong Kong SAR · Hong Kong Legislative Council

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories350,779

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons282,564

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions545,253

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata337,029

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-85ea2ef0-e28d-47b1-874b-0f03f6cce549 · hk-legco-0eb7cd95ae624bad49b09558d6ad74f27118afe4

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