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Bijan Namdar Zangeneh

Politician · Sanction-linked entity

Bijan Namdar Zangeneh 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	Bican Nemder Zengine · Bijan Namdar Zanganeh · Bijan Namdar Zangeneh · Bīzhan Nāmdār Zangeneh · Биджан Намдар Зангене · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	Bijan Zangeneh · Зангене, Биджан Намдар · بيجن نامدار زنجنه · بيجن نامدار زنغنه · بیژن زنگنه · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	زنگنه				[sources]
Birth date	1953-03-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Kermanshah				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Citizenship	Iran				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Bijan				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4907167				[sources]
Position	Minister of Energy (Iran) (1988-1997) · Minister of Petroleum of Iran (1997-2005) · Minister of Petroleum of Iran (2013-2021)				[sources]
Education	University of Tehran				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Iranian politician

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

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,163

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories360,954

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,700

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,882

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Graph-based entity tagging80,993

Automatically generated graph-based topic annotations

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Mohsen Paknejad Politician · Sanctioned entity	nephew · sibling · uncle	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Petroleum of Iran	2013-08-15	2021-08-25