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Liam Fox

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Liam Fox 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	Liam Fox · Лиам Фокс · Ліам Фокс · Լիամ Ֆոքս · ליאם פוקס · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	Dr Liam Fox · Fox, Dr Liam · Gulielmus Fox · Sir Liam Fox · Ліам Фокс · 9 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Fox · リアム・フォクス · 利亚姆·福克斯 · 利亞姆·福克斯				[sources]
Birth date	1961-09-22				[sources]
Place of birth	East Kilbride				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	fox.correspondence@trade.gov.uk · ione.douglas@parliament.uk				[sources]
First name	Liam				[sources]
Last name	Fox				[sources]
Phone	+442072194198				[sources]
Title	The Right Honourable				[sources]
Website	www.liamfox.co.uk · facebook.com · twitter.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q332374				[sources]
Position	Chairman of the Conservative Party (2003-2005) · Former UK defense secretary · House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · House of Commons (member, 2015-2017) · 18 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Glasgow Medical School (-1983)				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-27	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (born 1961)

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Jesme Baird Close Associate	spouse	2005-12-17	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2010-05-06	2015-03-30

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Data sources

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,784

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Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,093

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Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata350,123

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,419

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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