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Jim O'Callaghan

Politician

Jim O'Callaghan 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	Jim O'Callaghan · Jim O’Callaghan				[sources]
Alias	O'Callaghan, Jim				[sources]
Birth date	1968-01-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Foxrock				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Ireland				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Jim				[sources]
Last name	O'Callaghan				[sources]
Political association	Fianna Fáil				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q23006333				[sources]
Position	Dáil Éireann (member, 2016-) · Minister for Justice (Ireland) (2025-) · Teachta Dála (2016-2020) · Teachta Dála (2020-2024) · Teachta Dála (2024-)				[sources]
Education	Sidney Sussex College · University of Cambridge				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-01-18	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Irish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Miriam O'Callaghan Close Associate	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Teachta Dála	2020-02-08	2024-11-08

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,999

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,582

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,660

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata333,668

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,214

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-ireland-jim-o-callaghan-minister-for-justice-home-affairs-and-migration · evpo-f64f20ed-1875-4443-a571-713c075ff6e6

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