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Dion George

Politician

Dion George 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	Dion George · Dion Travers George				[sources]
Alias	Dion George				[sources]
Birth date	1966-05-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Durban				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Citizenship	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Dion · Dion Travers				[sources]
Last name	George				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Alliance				[sources]
Title	Dr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5279277				[sources]
Position	Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties (NCOP) (Alternate Member, 2018-2019) · Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of Parmed (Alternate Member, 2018-2019) · DA Constituency Area: Knysna (Constituency Head, 2019-2024) · DA Constituency Area: Midrand (Constituency Contact, -2014) · Democratic Alliance (DA) (Member) · 19 more...				[sources]
Education	University of the Witwatersrand				[sources]
Source link	www.pa.org.za				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-16	Last processed	2026-01-22	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

South African politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment	2024-06-30	2025-11-12

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,902

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,600

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,955

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South Africa · PMG · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata334,541

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,218

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-78620417-e341-43f9-9259-e8c540718530 · us-cia-south-africa-dion-george-minister-of-forestry-fisheries-the-environment

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