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Benedita da Silva

Politician

Benedita da Silva 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	Benedita da Silva · بينيديتا دا سيلڤا · 贝内迪塔·达席尔瓦				[sources]
Other name	Benedita Sousa da Silva Sampaio				[sources]
Birth date	1943-04-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Brazil				[sources]
Country	Brazil				[sources]
Citizenship	Brazil				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Benedita				[sources]
Last name	Da Silva				[sources]
Website	www.beneditadasilva.com.br · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4887390				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Deputies (member, 2011-2015) · Chamber of Deputies (member, 2015-2019) · Rio de Janeiro senator (1995-1998) · councillor of Rio de Janeiro (1983-1986) · federal deputy of Rio de Janeiro (1987-1991) · 6 more...				[sources]
Ethnicity	African Brazilians				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-25	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Brazilian politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Antônio Pitanga Close Associate	spouse	1992	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Chamber of Deputies	2011-02-01	2015-01-31
federal deputy of Rio de Janeiro

Data sources

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,153

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories361,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,775

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata335,470

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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