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François Lafon

PEP · Politician

François Lafon 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	Francois Lafon · François Lafon				[sources]
Birth date	1956-04-14				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	France				[sources]
Classification	Local government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	François				[sources]
Last name	Lafon				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1451089				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	de.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Mayor of Lercoul (2020-2026) · Mayor of Lercoul (2026-) · conseiller municipal de Lercoul (2020-2026) · conseiller municipal de Lercoul (2026-)				[sources]
Education	French university master · University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne · habilitation to Supervise Research (1993)				[sources]
Last change	2026-05-08	Last processed	2026-05-08	First seen	2024-05-04

Descriptions

French historian

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-05-04

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons282,564

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories350,779

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata337,029

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions545,253

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: fr-maires-44c4c1c16c1b844a7737a25cc15387d607403fd5 · fr-maires-3348aef2504372387e4db48afdaf2086793c5890

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