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John Swinney

Politician

John Swinney 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	Con Suinni · John Swinney · Джон Суини · Джон Суинни · ג'ון סוויני · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Con Suinni · Iain MacShuibhne · John Ramsay Swinney · John Ramsey Swinney · Джон Рамзи Суини · 5 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	約翰·斯文尼 · 約翰·斯溫尼 · 约翰·斯文尼 · 约翰·斯温尼 · 莊·施溫利				[sources]
Birth date	1964-04-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Edinburgh				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Scotland				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	John.Swinney.msp@parliament.scot				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Last name	Swinney				[sources]
Website	www.johnswinneymsp.com · twitter.com · www.johnswinney.scot				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q333811				[sources]
Position	Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery · Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills · Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth · Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy · Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth · 15 more...				[sources]
Education	Forrester High School · University of Edinburgh				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Scottish politician (born 1964)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-05-10

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills	2016-05-18	2021-05-18

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,582

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,793

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata386,955

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,613

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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