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John Browne

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

John Browne 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	John Browne · جون براون · জন ব্রাউন				[sources]
Alias	Browne, John · جون براون				[sources]
Birth date	1948-08-01				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Last name	Browne				[sources]
Political association	Fianna Fáil				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3777488				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Dáil Éireann (member, 2002-2007) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2007-2011) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2011-2016) · Minister of State for Fisheries and Forestry · Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1998-2002) · 8 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Irish politician, born 1948

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

Relationships

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,615

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,635

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,373

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
James Browne PEP	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Dáil Éireann	2007-06-14	-
Minister of State for Fisheries and Forestry	-	-