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Alain Top

PEP · Politician

Alain Top 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	Alain Top				[sources]
Alias	Top Alain				[sources]
Birth date	1965-12-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Beveren				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Belgium				[sources]
Citizenship	Belgium				[sources]
Classification	Local government (unknown status) · National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	alain.top@dekamer.be				[sources]
First name	Alain				[sources]
Last name	Top				[sources]
Political association	Vooruit				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5237918				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	fr.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Representatives (member, 2014-) · Mayor of Harelbeke (2013-) · member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-07	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Belgian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Mayor of Harelbeke	2013	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,496

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,481

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,544

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,787

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-18c7c19c-230f-46d4-901d-c5c1aa076fc3 · be-kam-354aa98d6bf365fd0953556af1ceeafcf82f0d3c

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