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Hywel Francis

Politician

Hywel Francis 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	Hywel Francis · هيويل فرنسيس				[sources]
Other name	David Hywel Francis · هيويل فرنسيس				[sources]
Birth date	1946-06-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Neath				[sources]
Death date	2021-02-14				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Hywel				[sources]
Last name	Francis				[sources]
Website	web.archive.org				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q390825				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · member of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom (2001-2005) · member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2005-2010) · member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2010-2015)				[sources]
Education	Swansea University				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (1946-2021)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the House of Commons	2010-05-06	2015-03-30
member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom

Data sources

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,109

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Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,038

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,078

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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