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Mark Patterson

PEP · Politician

Mark Patterson 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	Mark Patterson · مارك باترسون				[sources]
Alias	Mark William James Patterson				[sources]
Birth date	1970				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	New Zealand				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Mark				[sources]
Last name	Patterson				[sources]
Political association	New Zealand First · New Zealand National Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q41699512				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the New Zealand Parliament · Minister for Rural Communities				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-17	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

New Zealand politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Rural Communities	-	-
Member of the New Zealand Parliament

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,688

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,730

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,964

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United States · CIA

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,956

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata331,008

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-e66b8cc5-1f2f-4cbe-87ff-a626a003ab6c · us-cia-new-zealand-mark-patterson-minister-for-rural-communities

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