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Piet van der Walt

PEP · Politician

Piet van der Walt 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	Piet van der Walt · Van der Walt, Piet Jacobus · بييت فان دير والت				[sources]
Alias	Piet Jacobus van der Walt · Piet van der Walt · بييت فان دير والت				[sources]
Birth date	1966-01-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Okahandja				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Namibia				[sources]
Citizenship	Namibia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Piet				[sources]
Political association	SWAPO Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7192737				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the National Assembly of Namibia · National Assembly (member, 2010-2015) · National Assembly (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Namibian businessman

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories350,779

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons282,564

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions545,384

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata337,024

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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