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Tapas Paul

PEP · Politician

Tapas Paul 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	Paul, Shri Tapas · Tapas Paul · Тапас Пал · تاپاس پول · तापस पाल · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Tapas Pal · Tapas Paul · Пал, Тапас · Пал, Тапуш · Пол, Тапас · 5 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1958-09-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Chandannagar · Chander Nagore, Distt. Hooghly (West Bengal)				[sources]
Death date	2020-02-18				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	tapas.paul@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Tapas				[sources]
Last name	Paul				[sources]
Political association	All India Trinamool Congress				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7684462				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 13th West Bengal Legislative Assembly (2001-2006) · Member of the 14th West Bengal Legislative Assembly (2006-2009) · Member of the 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha (2014-2019)				[sources]
Education	B.Sc. (Bio Science) Educated at Hooghly Mohsin College, University of Burdwan, West Bengal · Hooghly Mohsin College · University of Burdwan				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	74, Golf Club Road, Sapphire Court, Flat No. 1-J, · B-704, M.S.Flats, B.K.S. Marg, Opp. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital,				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-19	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Bengali actor (1958-2020)

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sohini Paul Close Associate	child	-	-
Smt. Mira Pal Close Associate	mother	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Lok Sabha	2014-06-04	2019-02-13

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,969

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

India · Parliament of India

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,373

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: in-sansad-ls-4484 · evpo-6e8ad6fe-2b61-4996-a001-5437e0bcdfe0

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