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Yaw Afful

Politician

Yaw Afful 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	Yaw Afful · Yaw Maama Afful				[sources]
Other name	Yaw Afful · Yaw Maama Afful				[sources]
Birth date	1959-06-10				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Ghana				[sources]
Country	Ghana				[sources]
Citizenship	Ghana				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q61694713				[sources]
Position	Member of the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2007-2013) · 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-) · Parliament (member, 2013-2017) · Parliament (member, 2017-)				[sources]
Education	Kennesaw State University				[sources]
Religion	Christianity				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Ghanaian politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,079

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,911

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Every Politician58,326

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Wikidata349,391

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,670

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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