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Gobind Singh Deo

Politician

Gobind Singh Deo 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	Gobind Singh Deo · جوبيند سينج ديو · गोबिंद सिंह देव · গোবিন্দ সিং দেও · 哥宾星				[sources]
Other name	Gobind Singh · गोबिंद सिंह देव · গোবিন্দ সিং দেও · கோவிந்த் சிங் தியோ · 哥宾星				[sources]
Birth date	1973-06-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Penang				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Malaysia				[sources]
Country	Malaysia				[sources]
Citizenship	Malaysia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5575520				[sources]
Position	Dewan Rakyat (member, 2008-2013) · Dewan Rakyat (member, 2013-2018) · Member of the Dewan Rakyat · Member of the Dewan Rakyat (2022-) · Minister of Digital · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Warwick				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Malaysian politician and lawyer

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Karpal Singh Politician	father	-	-
Ramkarpal Singh Politician	sibling	-	-

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

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,021

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,103

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Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,299

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-malaysia-gobind-singh-deo-minister-of-digital · evpo-28e632aa-2a85-49cb-8a6a-9ea75dc19aaf

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