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Isaias Afwerki

PEP · Politician

Isaias Afwerki 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	ISAIAS Afworki · Isaias Afewerki · Isaias Afwerki · Isajas Afewerki · Isajass Afeverki · 19 more...				[sources]
Alias	Afworki isaias · Isaias Aferworki · Isaias Afeworki · Isaias Afworki · Isaies Afeworki · 22 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Afewerki · Афеворк · 伊萨亚斯·阿费沃尔基				[sources]
Birth date	1946-02-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Asmara				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Eritrea				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Isaias				[sources]
Last name	Afewerki				[sources]
Political association	People's Front for Democracy and Justice				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57348				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	President · President of Eritrea (1993-) · President of the State of Eritrea				[sources]
Education	Addis Ababa University				[sources]
Religion	Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church · Monophysitism				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-11	Last processed	2026-04-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

president of Eritrea since 1993

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-15

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Arsema Mehari Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President	-	-
President of Eritrea

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,496

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,070

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,481

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,962

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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Wikidata330,783

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,661

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-eritrea-isaias-afwerki-president · unprot-3d08933452e0630961ba8ea11d0e26bb40119dfe · us-cia-eritrea-isaias-afworki-president · unprot-e658a9921c7911945b8befc30be5ed1cb5520e51 · unprot-da63cea0f28bab2d2e5c812e5d9c64c36f3926b7

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