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Iain Duncan Smith

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Iain Duncan Smith is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Iain Duncan Smith · Ian Duncan Smith · Іан Данкан Сміт · Иан Дункан Смит · إيان دنكن سميث · 6 more...				[sources]
Alias	Duncan Smith, Mr Iain · George Iain Duncan Smith · George Ian Duncan Smith · Ioannes Duncan Smith · Mr Iain Duncan Smith · 14 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1954-04-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Edinburgh				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	Iain.duncansmith.mp@parliament.uk				[sources]
First name	George · Iain · Ian				[sources]
Last name	Duncan Smith · Smith				[sources]
Phone	+442072192667 · 2664				[sources]
Title	Sir · The Right Honourable				[sources]
Website	www.iainduncansmith.org.uk · facebook.com · facebook.com · www.iainduncansmith.org.uk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q302486				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · House of Commons (member, 2015-2017) · House of Commons (member, 2017-) · Leader of the Opposition (2001-2003) · 13 more...				[sources]
Education	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-06	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

MP

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-03-08

British politician

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
China	Ministry of Foreign Affairs		2021-03-26	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Susan Duncan Smith Close Associate	sibling	-	-
Rosanna Tatiana Duncan Smith Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	2010-05-12	2016-03-18

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Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

China Sanctions Research218

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

China · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,142

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,043

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,726

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,890

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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