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Khalid Abdul Samad

PEP · Politician

Khalid Abdul Samad 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	Khalid Abdul Samad · Khalid Samad · Khalid bin Abdul Samad · خالد عبد الصمد · 卡立阿都沙末				[sources]
Alias	Khalid Abd Samad · Khalid Abdul Samad · Khalid Samad · Khalid bin Abd Samad · Khalid bin Abdul Samad · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1957-08-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Kota Bharu				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Malaysia				[sources]
Citizenship	Malaysia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Khalid				[sources]
Political association	National Trust Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6399454				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Dewan Rakyat (member, 2008-2013) · Dewan Rakyat (member, 2013-2018) · Member of the Dewan Rakyat				[sources]
Education	University of Leeds				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-14	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Malaysian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Dewan Rakyat	2008-04-28	-
Member of the Dewan Rakyat	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories347,683

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons278,393

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions521,249

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-d450f72f-d76f-4cb0-a57a-265d80d51d01 · evpo-6e1093b6-14dc-466f-9aef-a8cda38b20a4

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