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K. Shanmugam

Politician

K. Shanmugam 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	K Shanmugam · K. Shanmugam · Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam · K・シャンムガム · كاسيفيسواناثان شانموغام · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	K Shanmugam · K. Shanmugam · K・シャンムガム · ك. شانموغام · கா. சண்முகம் · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	シャンガム · 卡斯维斯瓦纳赞·尚穆根				[sources]
Birth date	1959-03-26 · 1960				[sources]
Place of birth	Colony of Singapore · Singapore				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Singapore				[sources]
Country	Singapore				[sources]
Citizenship	Singapore				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	K.				[sources]
Website	facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6324008				[sources]
Position	Co-ordinating Minister for National Security (2025-) · Coordinating Minister for National Security · Member of the Parliament of Singapore · Minister for Foreign Affairs (2011-2015) · Minister for Home Affairs · 8 more...				[sources]
Education	National University of Singapore · Raffles Institution				[sources]
Religion	Hinduism				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.tatlerasia.com				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-19	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Singaporean politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Seetha Shanmugam Close Associate	spouse	2008	-
Jothie Rajah Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Law	2008-05-01	2025-05-22

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Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,143

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,021

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,018

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,694

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,621

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: sg-gov-c38433577e28e56c9aaddea10b2379b5078cd897 · us-cia-singapore-k-shanmugam-minister-for-home-affairs · sg-gov-4277cab5255c5f8a0a3620caf6e168071c35cac9 · evpo-ecf741b2-5555-4a85-b55e-efcf5bda1b6b · sg-gov-50e375f3dc65aedd7bab24b247ed9529b6553d99 · us-cia-singapore-k-shanmugam-minister-for-law · NK-kKBqbReTBpdSssUDXeAixq · us-cia-singapore-k-shanmugam-coordinating-minister-for-national-security · sg-gov-cfae4833c1706036977aa3591e76a1e3bb075ec5

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