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Colin Beattie

PEP · Politician

Colin Beattie 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	Colin Beattie · كولن بيتي				[sources]
Birth date	1951-10-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Forfar				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Scotland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	Colin.Beattie.msp@parliament.scot				[sources]
First name	Colin				[sources]
Last name	Beattie				[sources]
Political association	Scottish National Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1108343				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the 4th Scottish Parliament (2011-2016) · Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament (2016-2021) · Member of the 6th Scottish Parliament (2021-) · Scottish Parliament (member, 2011-2016) · Scottish Parliament (member, 2016-)				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-08	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (born 1951)

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,496

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,481

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,544

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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