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Bernard Durkan

PEP · Politician

Bernard Durkan 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	Bernard Durkan				[sources]
Alias	Durkan, Bernard				[sources]
Birth date	1945-03-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Swinford				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Bernard				[sources]
Last name	Durkan				[sources]
Political association	Fine Gael				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q380320				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Dáil Éireann (member, 2002-2007) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2007-2011) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2011-2016) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2016-) · Teachta Dála (1981-1982) · 11 more...				[sources]
Education	University College Dublin				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-13	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Irish politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,688

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,688

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,955

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,978

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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