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Patrick Lau

Politician

Patrick Lau 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	Patrick Lau · Patrick Liu · Патрик Лау · باتريك لاو · 劉秀成				[sources]
Other name	Patrick Lau Sau-shing				[sources]
Birth date	1944-06-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Macau				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	China · Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Citizenship	China				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Patrick				[sources]
Last name	Liu				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7146985				[sources]
Position	justice of the peace · member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (2004-2008) · member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (2008-2012)				[sources]
Education	La Salle College (1954-1958) · St. Paul's College (1958-1963) · University of Macau (-1984) · University of Manitoba (1964-1969)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-09-27

Descriptions

Hong Kong architect and politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong	2004-10-01	2008-09-30
member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong	2008-10-01	2012-09-30

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories358,632

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,223

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,594

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