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Jonah David Jang

Politician

Jonah David Jang 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	JONAH JANG · Jonah David Jang · יונה · جونا ديفيد جانغ				[sources]
Other name	Dara Jang · Jonah David Jang · Jonathan David Jang · Jónà Jang · baba Jang · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1944-03-13				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Nigeria				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	jodajang@yahoo.co.uk				[sources]
First name	Jonah				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6271867				[sources]
Position	Governor of Benue State (1985-1986) · Governor of Plateau State (2007-2015) · Senate (member, 2015-) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2015-2019)				[sources]
Education	Nigerian Defence Academy				[sources]
Ethnicity	Berom people				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Nigerian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Senate of Nigeria	2015	2019
Member of the Senate	2015-06-09

Data sources

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,792

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Wikidata · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,395

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Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

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Wikidata350,123

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,336

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-jonah-david-jang-1944-03-13-district-plateau · evpo-281e0ba8-5b87-40e2-98e4-454d57b96b4c

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