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Brian Cowen

Diplomat · Politician

Brian Cowen 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	Brian Cowen · Μπράιαν Κόουεν · Брайан Коуэн · Браян Ковен · Брајан Кауен · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	Brajan Kauen · Brian Bernard Cowen · Brian Cowan · Brian O Comhain · Brian Ó Comhain · 20 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Cowen · Ковен · ブライアン・カウエン · 布雷恩·考恩				[sources]
Birth date	1960-01-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Tullamore				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Ireland				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
First name	Brian				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Cowen				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q185272				[sources]
Position	Dáil Éireann (member, 2002-2007) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2007-2011) · Leader of Fianna Fáil (2008-2011) · Minister for Defence (Ireland) (2010-2010) · Minister for Finance (Ireland) (2004-2008) · 15 more...				[sources]
Education	Cistercian College, Roscrea · University College Dublin				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Irish politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Finance (Ireland)	2004-09-29	2008-05-07
Tánaiste	2007-06-14	2008-05-07
Member of Dáil Éireann	2007-06-14	2011-02-01
Member of Dáil Éireann	2002-06-06	2007-04-26
Teachta Dála	2002-06-06	2007-04-26
Teachta Dála	2007-06-14	2011-02-01
Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland)	2011-01-19	2011-03-09
Taoiseach	2008-05-07	2011-03-09
Minister for Defence (Ireland)	2010-02-18	2010-03-23

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Barry Cowen Politician	sibling	-	-

Data sources

Every Politician58,501

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,578

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories460,153

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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