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PL Punia

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

PL Punia 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	P.L. Punia · PL Punia · Punia, Shri P.L. · Shri P L Punia · पी एल पुनिया · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Panna Lal Punia				[sources]
Birth date	1945-01-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Jhajjar · Vill. Salhawas, Distt. Jhajjar (Haryana)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom · India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	pl.punia@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	P.L.				[sources]
Last name	Punia				[sources]
Political association	Indian National Congress				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7119702				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the Lok Sabha · member of Rajya Sabha				[sources]
Education	M.A., Ph.D. Educated at Panjab Univeresity, Chandigarh and Lucknow University, Uttar Pradesh · M.A., Ph.D.Educated at Punjab University, Chandigarh and Lucknow University, Uttar Pradesh · Panjab University · University of Lucknow				[sources]
Status	Former · Retirement				[sources]
Address	2/21 Vipul Khand, Gomti Nagar, · 5, New Moti Bagh, · Bungalow No.34, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road, New Delhi. 110001 · Obri-1, Post-Gandhi Ashram, Lucknow Road, Barabanki. 225001				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-13	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Ex-I.A.S,Uttar Pradesh, 1971-2005

— India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members, 2025-10-13

Indian politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Smt Indira Punia Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of Rajya Sabha	2014-11-26	2020-11-25

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Tanuj Punia PEP	father	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories346,545

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons278,393

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,803

Current and historical members of the two houses of the Indian Parliament

India · Parliament of India

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Wikidata331,764

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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: in-sansad-rs-2298 · in-sansad-ls-4292 · in-sansad-3118cd4c114e378bfd0e2fd49265922c43f54552

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