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Dzulkefly Ahmad

Politician

Dzulkefly Ahmad 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	Dzulkefly Ahmad · Дзулкефлі Ахмад · 祖基菲利				[sources]
Alias	祖基菲利				[sources]
Birth date	1956-01-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Rembau				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Malaysia				[sources]
Country	Malaysia				[sources]
Citizenship	Malaysia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Political association	Malaysian Islamic Party · National Trust Party				[sources]
Title	Datuk Seri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5320031				[sources]
Position	Dewan Rakyat (member, 2008-2013) · Member of the Dewan Rakyat · Member of the Dewan Rakyat (2022-) · Minister of Health · Minister of Health (2018-2020)				[sources]
Education	Imperial College London · University of Birmingham · University of Surrey				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Malaysian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Dewan Rakyat	2018-05-10	2022-10-10
Member of the Dewan Rakyat	2008-04-28

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,260

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,631

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,999

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,126

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata355,547

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-malaysia-dzulkefly-ahmad-minister-of-health · evpo-41504c82-1e80-47e5-a43c-0aabb5e5e8c3

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