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Lau Wong-fat

Politician

Lau Wong-fat 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	Lau Wong-fat · 劉皇發				[sources]
Alias	Liu Huangfa · 劉皇發				[sources]
Weak alias	刘皇发				[sources]
Birth date	1936-10-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Tuen Mun				[sources]
Death date	2017-07-23				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Country	Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Citizenship	China · Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Last name	Liu				[sources]
Political association	Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong · Economic Synergy · Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong · Liberal Party				[sources]
Title	Dr Hon · GBM, GBS, JP				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6497659				[sources]
Position	Legislative Council (member, 2012-2016) · member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1985-1997) · member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1998-2016) · member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1993-2013) · member of the Provisional Legislative Council (1997-1998)				[sources]
Religion	Buddhism				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-02-14	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Hong Kong politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kenneth Lau Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Legislative Council	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,007

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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