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Peya Mushelenga

Politician

Peya Mushelenga 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	Mushelenga, Peya · Peya Mushelenga · Пейя Мушеленга · 페야 무셸렝가				[sources]
Alias	Peya Mushelenga · Пея Мушеленга				[sources]
Birth date	1975				[sources]
Place of birth	Oshigambo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Namibia				[sources]
Country	Namibia				[sources]
Citizenship	Namibia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Political association	SWAPO Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7179569				[sources]
Position	Member of the National Assembly of Namibia · Minister of Information and Communication Technology (2020-) · National Assembly (member, 2005-2010) · National Assembly (member, 2010-2015) · National Assembly (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Senior Secondary School · Nehale Senior Secondary School · University of Namibia · University of South Africa				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Namibian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly	2010-03-19	2015-03-19
Minister of Information & Communications Technology

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,968

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,993

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Every Politician57,736

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,228

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-4b7b42ec3bdb0b27cee82469bce8ce5223511807 · evpo-86944861-c534-433b-91d0-3553eb9e25e0 · us-cia-namibia-peya-mushelenga-minister-of-international-relations-cooperation

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