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Saint Helena

Saint Helena is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island 1,950 km (1,210 mi) west of the coast of south-western Africa, and 4,000 km (2,500 mi) east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 21 entities connected with Saint Helena. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Entity types

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Saint Helena. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Saint Helena

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Saint Helena.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 15 entities identified as PEPs connected with Saint Helena.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor1--
King1--
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the Legislative Council--12

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...