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Seán Barrett

PEP · Politician

Seán Barrett 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	Seán Barrett · Шон Барретт · سيان باريت · شون باريت · 肖恩·巴雷特 · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Barrett, Seán · Sean Barrett · Шон Барретт · سيان باريت · 肖恩·巴雷特				[sources]
Birth date	1944-08-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Killiney				[sources]
Death date	2026-04-06				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Seán				[sources]
Last name	Barrett				[sources]
Political association	Fine Gael				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q221888				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Ceann Comhairle (2011-2016) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2007-2011) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2011-2016) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2016-) · Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (1995-1997) · 11 more...				[sources]
Education	C.B.C. Monkstown · University College Dublin				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-19	Last processed	2026-04-19	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Irish Fine Gael politician

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

Relationships

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,420

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,305

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,099

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,748

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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