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Emeka Anyaoku

Diplomat · Politician

Emeka Anyaoku 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	Emeka Anyaoku · Эмека Аняоку · エメカ・アニャオク · 埃梅卡·阿尼奥库				[sources]
Other name	Chief Emeka Anyaoku · Eleazar Chukwuemeka Anyaoku · Аняоку, Эмека				[sources]
Weak alias	Anyaoku · エメカ・アンヤオク · 埃梅卡·阿尼奧庫				[sources]
Birth date	1933-01-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Obosi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Emeka				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q959577				[sources]
Position	Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General (1983-1990) · Commonwealth Secretary-General (1990-2000) · Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria (1983-1983) · Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations · ambassador				[sources]
Education	University of Ibadan · University of London				[sources]
Ethnicity	Igbo people				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Nigerian chief and diplomat

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,906

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,098

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Wikidata · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,391

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Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,806

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,412

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-emeka-anyaoku-1933-01-18-district

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