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Manuel de Freitas

Politician

Manuel de Freitas 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	Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas · Manuel de Freitas				[sources]
Other name	Manny De Freitas · Manuel Simao De Freitas · Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas · Manuel de Freitas				[sources]
Birth date	1968-10-28 · 1972				[sources]
Place of birth	Santarém				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	South Africa				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Citizenship	Portugal				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	manny@democratic-alliance.co.za · mdefreitas@parliament.gov.za				[sources]
First name	Manuel · Manuel Simão Franca				[sources]
Last name	De Freitas				[sources]
Title	Mr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q10324638 · Q6752973				[sources]
Position	DA Constituency Area: JHB South (Constituency Contact, 2014-2019) · Democratic Alliance (DA) (Member) · Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (72nd Candidate, 2014-2014) · National Assembly (Member, 2014-2019) · National Assembly (Member, 2019-2024) · 4 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-06	Last processed	2025-11-06	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Portuguese poet, writer and literary critic

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-03-15

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly	2019-05-22	2024-02-08
Member of the National Assembly

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,965

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South Africa · PMG · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata333,111

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: Q10324638 · evpo-9492ecef-e5cd-4f4c-985c-045bd4c8b8ea

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