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Henry McLeish

Politician

Henry McLeish 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	Henry McLeish · Генри МакЛейш · هنرى مكليش · ヘンリー・マクリーシュ · 亨利·麥利殊				[sources]
Other name	Henry Baird McLeish · МакЛейш, Генри				[sources]
Weak alias	Officegate · Officegate-Affäre · 亨利·麥克利什 · 亨利·麦克利什 · 麥克里西				[sources]
Birth date	1948-06-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Methil				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Henry				[sources]
Last name	McLeish				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q333820				[sources]
Position	First Minister of Scotland (2000-2001) · Leader of the Scottish Labour Party (2000-2001) · Member of the 1st Scottish Parliament (1999-2003) · Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom · Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning (1999-2000) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Buckhaven High School · Heriot-Watt University				[sources]
Religion	Church of Scotland				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

former First Minister of Scotland (born 1948)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,044

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Wikidata349,902

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions548,807

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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