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Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws 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	Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws · Helena Kennedy · Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws · Хелена Кеннеди, баронесса Кеннеди из Шоу · הלנה קנדי · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Baroness Helena Kennedy QC · Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws · Кеннеди, Хелена · Хелена Кеннеди · 肯尼迪				[sources]
Weak alias	海倫娜·甘迺迪 · 海倫娜·肯尼迪 · 肖斯的肯尼迪女男爵海伦娜·肯尼迪 · 肯尼迪男爵夫人海伦娜·肯尼迪				[sources]
Birth date	1950-02-12 · 1950-05-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Glasgow				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Helena				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q337151				[sources]
Position	member of the House of Lords (1997-)				[sources]
Education	Holyrood Secondary School				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Member of the House of Lords

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

politician, lawyer, activist, author

— 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
Joshua Patrick Kennedy Close Associate	father	-	-
Mary Veronica Jones Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the House of Lords	1997-10-27	-

Data sources

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 Persons in Relevant Categories359,914

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,928

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,743

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,786

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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