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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	South Africa				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Citizenship	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Dion · Dion Travers				[sources]
Last name	George				[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) · 20 more...				[sources]
Education	University of the Witwatersrand				[sources]
Source link	www.pa.org.za				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

South African politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly	2024-06-14	-
member of the National Assembly of South Africa	2019-05-22

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,793

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories371,898

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,961

Current members of the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces, and provincial legislatures and executives in South Africa.

South Africa · PMG · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,934

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,680

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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

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