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James Agalga

PEP · Politician

James Agalga 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	James Agalga · چيمس اجالجا				[sources]
Birth date	1979-06-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Chuchuliga				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Ghana				[sources]
Citizenship	Ghana				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	James				[sources]
Political association	National Democratic Congress				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q61694520				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2013-2017) · Member of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2017-) · Member of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2021-) · Parliament (member, 2013-2017) · Parliament (member, 2017-)				[sources]
Education	Ghana School of Law · University of Ghana				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-11	Last processed	2026-05-19	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Ghanaian politician

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

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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 Persons in Relevant Categories357,922

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons291,120

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,245

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata344,270

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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