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Gary Chan

Politician

Gary Chan 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	CHAN Hak-kan · Gary Chan · Gary Chen · Гари Чан · غاري تشان · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Gary Chan · Gary Chan Hak-kan · Gary Chen · Гари Чэнь · Гарри Чэнь · 6 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	진극근 · 천커친				[sources]
Birth date	1976-07-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Fujian				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Country	Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Citizenship	China				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	garychk@dab.org.hk				[sources]
First name	Gary				[sources]
Last name	Chen				[sources]
Phone	+85225249191 · 2524 9191				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong				[sources]
Title	BBS, JP · Hon · Mr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5524836				[sources]
Position	Legislative Council (member, 2012-2016) · Legislative Council (member, 2016-) · member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (2008-2012) · member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (2012-2016) · member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (2016-2021) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) (CUHK) · Master of Social Science (CUHK) · Syracuse University · The Chinese University of Hong Kong · University of Hong Kong				[sources]
Address	Room 1001, Legislative Council Complex, 1 Legislative Council Road, Central, Hong Kong				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-25	Last processed	2026-02-25	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Hong Kong politician

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

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Room 1001, Legislative Council Complex, 1 Legislative Council Road, Central, Hong Kong	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Legislative Council	-	-
member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong	2012-10-01	2016-09-30

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,351

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,278

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Hong Kong Legislative Council Members203

Members of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong SAR

Hong Kong SAR · Hong Kong Legislative Council

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata326,573

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,033

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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