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Fritz Baffour

PEP · Politician

Fritz Baffour 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	Fritz Baffour · Fritz Frederic Baffour · فريتز بافور				[sources]
Alias	Fritz Baffour				[sources]
Birth date	1952-03-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Accra				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Ghana				[sources]
Citizenship	Ghana				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Fritz				[sources]
Last name	Baffour				[sources]
Political association	National Democratic Congress				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5504853				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2009-2013) · Member of the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2013-2017) · Minister for Information (2012-2013) · Parliament (member, 2013-2017)				[sources]
Education	Prempeh College · University of Leicester				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Ghanaian politician and communication consultant

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

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,548

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,639

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,369

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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