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Cassiel Ato Forson

PEP · Politician

Cassiel Ato Forson 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	Cassiel Ato Baah FORSON · Cassiel Ato Forson				[sources]
Alias	Cassiel Ato Baah Forson · Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson				[sources]
Birth date	1978-08-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Ajumako				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Ghana				[sources]
Citizenship	Ghana				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Cassiel				[sources]
Last name	Forson				[sources]
Political association	National Democratic Congress				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q61694564				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Acting Minister of Defense · 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) · Member of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2017-2021) · Member of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2021-) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Science · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · London South Bank University · University of Oxford				[sources]
Religion	Christianity				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-05	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Ghanaian politician and Minority Leader

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana	2017-01-07	2021-01-06

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,960

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories357,210

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons289,950

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata343,259

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,907

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-ht7rGEcm7pGfxW73jeuxqH · evpo-c955ca5e-1bd7-48af-8072-8a39c92c182e · us-cia-ghana-cassiel-ato-baah-forson-acting-minister-of-defense · us-cia-ghana-cassiel-ato-baah-forson-minister-of-finance

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