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Shawn Richards

Politician

Shawn Richards 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	Richards, Shawn · Shawn Richards · شون ريتشاردز · 肖恩·理查德斯				[sources]
Alias	Shawn Kenneth Richards · Shawn Richards · شون ريتشاردز				[sources]
Birth date	1972-12-08				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Saint Kitts and Nevis				[sources]
Country	Saint Kitts and Nevis				[sources]
Citizenship	Saint Kitts and Nevis · United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Shawn				[sources]
Last name	Richards				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16214148				[sources]
Position	Member of the National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis · Minister of Public Infrastructure · National Assembly (member, 2004-2010) · National Assembly (member, 2010-2015) · National Assembly (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	Cleveland State University · University of the Virgin Islands				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Saint Kitts and Nevis politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly	2010-03-10	2015-01-16
Member of the National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-089e7090-25fb-4b1d-8717-566b05d4cd83 · us-cia-saint-kitts-and-nevis-shawn-richards-dep-prime-min

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