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Alex Salmond

Politician

Alex Salmond 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	Aleks Salmond · Alex Salmond · Άλεξ Σάλμοντ · Алекс Салманд · Алекс Салмонд · 11 more...				[sources]
Other name	Ailig Salmond · Aleks Salmond · Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond · Alexander Salmond · Άλεξ Σάλμοντ · 12 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1954-12-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Linlithgow				[sources]
Death date	2024-10-12				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Alex · Alexander · Anderson · Elliot				[sources]
Last name	Salmond				[sources]
Title	The Right Honourable				[sources]
Website	www.alexsalmond.scot · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q10652				[sources]
Position	First Minister of Scotland (2007-2014) · House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2015-2017) · Leader of the Opposition (Scotland) (1999-1999) · Member of the 1st Scottish Parliament (1999-2001) · 12 more...				[sources]
Education	Linlithgow Academy · University of St Andrews				[sources]
Religion	Church of Scotland				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Alba Party leader and First Minister of Scotland 2007–2014 (1954–2024)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-10-20

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Robert Salmond Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the 3rd Scottish Parliament	2007-05-03	2011-03-22
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Data sources

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,106

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,174

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-b9cae27b-aab7-4a9b-bf65-d413515f0d8c · evpo-6a85a542-2415-480c-9e35-684a6abd3a25

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