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Michael McDowell

PEP · Politician

Michael McDowell 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	Michael McDowell · Μάικλ ΜακΝτάουελ · Майкл Макдауэлл · マイケル・マクダウェル · 마이클 맥다월				[sources]
Alias	Mícheál Mac Dubhghaill · Майкл Макдауэлл				[sources]
Birth date	1951-05-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Ranelagh				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Michael				[sources]
Last name	McDowell				[sources]
Political association	Progressive Democrats				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1928579				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Attorney General of Ireland (1999-2002) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2002-2007) · Leader of the Progressive Democrats (2006-2007) · Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (2002-2007) · Teachta Dála (1987-1989) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Gonzaga College · University College Dublin				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Irish politician and lawyer

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

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,898

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,639

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,369

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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