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Dover Samuels

Politician

Dover Samuels 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	Dover Samuels · 도버 새뮤얼스				[sources]
Alias	Dover Spencer Peneha Samuels · Dover Spencer Samuels · Samuels, Dover · 도버 스펜서 페네하 새뮤얼스				[sources]
Birth date	1939-07-09				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	New Zealand				[sources]
Country	New Zealand				[sources]
Citizenship	New Zealand				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Dover · Spencer				[sources]
Last name	Samuels				[sources]
Political association	New Zealand Labour Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5302516				[sources]
Position	Member of the New Zealand Parliament · Minister for Māori Development (1999-2000) · New Zealand Parliament (member, 2005-2008)				[sources]
Ethnicity	Māori				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

New Zealand politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,122

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,649

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons270,889

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata333,870

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions508,426

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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