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Nirj Deva

British politician (born 1948)
Person human Q334019

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
May 11, 1948
Place of birth
Colombo
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[4]
Occupation
politician
Position held
Member of the European Parliament, member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament
Educated at
Loughborough University[6]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[7]
Member of political party
Conservative Party[9]
Official website
www.nirjdeva.com[11]
Work location
Strasbourg, Brussels[12][13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[14]
Candidacy in election
2019 European Parliament election in South East England, 1992 United Kingdom general election[17][18]
Family name
Deva[10]
Name in native language
Nirj Deva[15]
Native language
English[5]
Number of children
+1[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Niranjan Joseph De Silva Deva Aditya en Nirj Deva en Thakur Artha Niranjan Joseph De Silva Deva Aditya ar نيرج ديفا da Niranjan Joseph De Silva Deva-Aditya en-gb Niranjan Joseph De Silva Deva Aditya ja ナージ・デヴァ ko 너지 데바 tr Nirj Deva zh 内傑·德瓦 zh 妮拉依·德瓦 zh 尼拉吉·德瓦
🔖 Identifiers · 15
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Nirj Deva UNDP 2010.jpg ↗
C-SPAN person numeric ID
36906
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
nirjdeva
Companies House officer ID
p_D7qTV3rkHvGx1fBcGE0xi0o5E, mbnZ4rdvgkrtX_j3ajGRu-jJSQ4
Democracy Club candidate ID
69735
Freebase ID
/m/025xzz
Hansard (1803–2005) ID
mr-nirj-deva
JRC Names ID
102933
MEP directory ID
4556
OpenSanctions ID
Nirj Deva
Parliament.uk member ID
798
Rush Parliamentary Archive ID
3732
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TheyWorkForYou ID
17175
UK Parliament ID
tXJCkXLA
Who's Who UK ID
U13577

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🔗 Connections
Position held 4
Member of the European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament
Work location 2
Brussels, Strasbourg
Candidacy in election 1
1992 United Kingdom general election
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
Loughborough University
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of political party 1
Conservative Party
Native language 1
English
Occupation 1
politician
OpenSanctions ID 1
Nirj Deva
Place of birth 1
Colombo
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
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Nirj Deva
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Summary

Born in Colombo[1], he… he was born on May 11, 1948[2]. He worked as a politician[3].

FAQs

Where was Nirj Deva born?

Nirj Deva was born in Colombo[1].

What did Nirj Deva do for work?

Nirj Deva worked as politician[3].

Where did Nirj Deva go to school?

Nirj Deva was educated at Loughborough University[6].

Related Entities

Colombo United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Democracy Club. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Members of the European Parliament. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . candidates.democracyclub.org.uk. Retrieved . candidates.democracyclub.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Citizenship → —
    Religion or worldview → Catholic Church
    Native language → English
    Instance of → human
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