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Abdul Rasul Sayyaf

Politician

Abdul Rasul Sayyaf 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	Abd al-Rasul Sayyaf · Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf · Abdul Rasul Sayyaf · Abdulrab Rasool Sayaf · Абдул Расул Сайяф · 8 more...				[sources]
Other name	Abd al-Rasul Sayyaf · Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf · Abdul Rasul Sayyaf · Abdulrab Rasul Sayyaf · Ustad Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf · 10 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1946				[sources]
Place of birth	Paghman				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Afghanistan				[sources]
Country	Afghanistan				[sources]
Citizenship	Afghanistan				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Abdul				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q545955				[sources]
Position	Member of the House of the People of Afghanistan · Wolesi Jirga (member, 2011-2015)				[sources]
Education	Al-Azhar University · Kabul University				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Afghan mujahideen commander and politician (born 1946)

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,068

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Every Politician58,326

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,806

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Wikidata350,145

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,347

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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