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Willie Rennie

Politician

Willie Rennie 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	Willie Rennie · Γουίλι Ρένι · فيلى رينى · فيلي ريني · 威利·雷尼				[sources]
Other name	William Cowan Rennie · William Rennie · فيلي ريني · 威利·雷尼				[sources]
Weak alias	威利·伦尼				[sources]
Birth date	1967-09-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Fife				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	Willie.Rennie.msp@parliament.scot				[sources]
First name	Willie				[sources]
Last name	Rennie				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2581473				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats (2011-) · Member of the 4th Scottish Parliament (2011-2016) · Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament (2016-2021) · Member of the 6th Scottish Parliament (2021-) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Bell Baxter High School · University of the West of Scotland				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

former Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-06-20

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament	2016-05-05	2021-05-05
Member of the 6th Scottish Parliament	2021-05-06	-
Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats	2011-05-17	-
member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2006-02-09	2010-04-12
Member of the Scottish Parliament	2011-05-06	2016-03-23
Member of the Scottish Parliament	2016-05-07	-
Member of the House of Commons	2006-02-10	2010-04-12

Data sources

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,163

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,850

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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