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Shailesh Vara

Politician

Shailesh Vara 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	Shailesh Vara · Шайлеш Вара · شايليش فارا · شايليش ڤارا · シェレシュ・バラ · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Mr Shailesh Vara · Shailesh Lakhman Vara · Vara, Mr Shailesh · Вара, Шайлеш · シェレシュ・バラ · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1960-09-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Uganda				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
E-Mail	nwcca@tory.org · shailesh.vara.mp@parliament.uk				[sources]
First name	Shailesh				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Vara				[sources]
Phone	+442072196050				[sources]
Website	www.shaileshvara.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q267234				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · House of Commons (member, 2015-2017) · House of Commons (member, 2017-) · Minister of State for Northern Ireland (2018-2018) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Aylesbury Grammar School · Brunel University London				[sources]
Religion	Hinduism				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (born 1960)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2015-05-07	2017-05-03
Member of the House of Commons	2017-06-09	-
Member of the House of Commons	2015-05-08	2017-05-03
member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2017-06-08	2019-11-06
member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2019-12-12	2024-05-30
member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2005-05-05	2010-04-12
Member of the House of Commons	2010-05-06	2015-03-30
Member of the House of Commons	2005-05-05	2010-04-12
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	2022-07-07	2022-09-06
Minister of State for Northern Ireland	2018-01-09	2018-11-15

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Data sources

Every Politician58,501

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,455

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories460,249

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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