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Kiren Rijiju

Politician

Kiren Rijiju 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	Kiren Rijiju · Rijiju, Shri Kiren · كيرين ريجو · کرن ریجیجو · किरेन रीजूजु · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Kiren Rijiju · किरेन रीजूजु · કિરેન રીજૂજુ · କିରଣ ରାଇଜିଜୁ · கிரந் ரிஜிஜு · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	里吉朱				[sources]
Birth date	1971-11-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Arunachal Pradesh				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	India				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	kiren.rijiju@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Kiren				[sources]
Website	kirenrijiju.googlepages.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6415053				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha · Member of the 17th Lok Sabha · Minister of Law and Justice of India (2021-2023) · Minister of Minority Affairs · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Arunachal University of Studies · Faculty of Law · Hansraj College · University of Delhi				[sources]
Religion	Buddhism				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Bharatiya Janata Party politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the 17th Lok Sabha	-	-
Member of the 17th Lok Sabha	2019-05-30	2024-06-05
Member of the 16th Lok Sabha	-	-
Member of the Lok Sabha	2014-05-26	-
Member of the 16th Lok Sabha	2014-05-26	2019-05-24
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	-	-
Minister of Law and Justice of India	2021-07-07	2023-05-18
Minister of Minority Affairs	-	-

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US CIA World Leaders11,030

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United States of America · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,166

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-india-kiren-rijiju-minister-of-minority-affairs · NK-X6nbggiNU3RRRhqR7sgjrU · us-cia-india-kiren-rijiju-minister-of-parliamentary-affairs · evpo-d5596281-342e-4ff5-8709-64221da5a9a5

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