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Vivian Balakrishnan

Politician

Vivian Balakrishnan 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	Vivian Balakrishnan · Vivian Balakrişnan · Вивиан Балакришнан · Вівіан Балакрішнан · ויוויאן בלקרישנן · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Вивиан Балакришнан · விவியன் பாலகிருஷ்ணன் · ヴィヴィアン・バラクリシュナン · 維文 · 维文				[sources]
Weak alias	ビビアン・バラクリシュナン				[sources]
Birth date	1961-01-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Singapore				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Singapore				[sources]
Country	Singapore				[sources]
Citizenship	Singapore				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	v.bala@mfa.gov.sg				[sources]
First name	Vivian				[sources]
Last name	Balakrishnan				[sources]
Title	Dr · His Excellency				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7937671				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Singapore (2025-) · Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (2004-2011) · Minister for Foreign Affairs · Minister for Foreign Affairs (2015-) · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Holland-Bukit Timah*) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Anglo-Chinese School · National Junior College · National University of Singapore · Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine · docent				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.sgdi.gov.sg · www.sgdi.gov.sg · www.sgdi.gov.sg · www.tatlerasia.com				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-29	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Singaporean politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Joy Balakrishnan Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Foreign Affairs	2015-10-01	-

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,003

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Singapore Government Directory34,716

Senior officials of ministries, statutory boards and other public bodies in Singapore.

Singapore · SGD

US CIA World Leaders11,031

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States of America · CIA

Every Politician58,326

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,863

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

Wikidata · non-official source

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,050

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

External databases

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Wikidata349,281

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,282

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: sg-gov-f87a16c475eeec3138dee5656424859970facfba · unprot-3c46af1223c9e1921a079683f72e6dccf9b17809 · us-cia-singapore-vivian-balakrishnan-minister-for-foreign-affairs · sg-gov-429945ef05caaec80446aaf8e23b59459197f1ee · evpo-8c1dace8-c264-4ee8-9359-e129f57ed136 · us-cia-singapore-vivian-balakrishnan-min-for-foreign-affairs · unprot-099ae48d45d4d699cb1c7c098f71bf73d83e8e04 · sg-gov-538f20b49704c8e0c2d2d249b47e9aee6ed853b4

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