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Andy Wightman

Politician

Andy Wightman 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	Andy Wightman				[sources]
Alias	Andrew Dearg Wightman				[sources]
Birth date	1963-05-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Dundee				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Scotland				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (past)				[sources]
E-Mail	Andy.Wightman.msp@parliament.scot				[sources]
First name	Andy				[sources]
Last name	Wightman				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q19667404				[sources]
Position	Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament (2016-2020) · Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament (2020-2021) · Scottish Parliament (member, 2016-)				[sources]
Education	University of Aberdeen				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Scottish writer (born 1963)

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,065

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,388

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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