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João Semedo

PEP · Politician

João Semedo 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	João Semedo · جواو سيميدو · 若昂·塞梅多				[sources]
Alias	Joao Semedo · João Pedro Furtado da Cunha Semedo · João Samedo · 若昂·塞梅多				[sources]
Birth date	1951-06-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Lisbon				[sources]
Death date	2018-07-17				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Portugal				[sources]
Citizenship	Portugal				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	João				[sources]
Last name	Semedo				[sources]
Political association	Left Bloc				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q655391				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Assembleia da República (member, 2005-2006) · Assembleia da República (member, 2009-2011) · Assembleia da República (member, 2011-2015) · Coordenador Nacional do Bloco de Esquerda (2012-) · member of the Assembly of the Republic · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Camões Secondary School · Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa · University of Lisbon				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-04	Last processed	2026-04-04	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

Portuguese politician (1951-2018)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

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