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Mervyn Dirks

Politician

Mervyn Dirks 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	Mervyn Alexander Dirks · Mervyn Dirks				[sources]
Birth date	1964-01-17				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	South Africa				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	mdirks@parliament.gov.za				[sources]
First name	Mervyn · Mervyn Alexander				[sources]
Last name	Dirks				[sources]
Title	Mr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q47529673 · Q94102344				[sources]
Position	African National Congress (ANC) (Member, -2024) · African National Congress Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2014 (11th Candidate, 2014-2014) · African National Congress Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (15th Candidate, 2019-2019) · Economic Development and Tourism Committee (Member, 2023-2024) · Ethics, Privileges and Contempt (Member, 2024-) · 18 more...				[sources]
Source link	www.pa.org.za · www.parliament.gov.za				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-09	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

South African politician

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

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the National Assembly of South Africa	2014-05-21	2019-05-07

Data sources

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,963

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South Africa · PMG · non-official source

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,784

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,093

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Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata350,123

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,419

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-7a254b2f-e974-43bf-b1c4-92794b090a46 · Q47529673

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