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Damien O'Connor

PEP · Politician

Damien O'Connor 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	Damien O'Connor · داميان أوكونور · ダミアン・オコナー · 达米安·奥康纳 · 데이미언 오코너				[sources]
Alias	Damien Peter O'Connor · O'Connor, Damien · داميان أوكونور · 데이미언 피터 오코너				[sources]
Weak alias	達米恩·奧康納				[sources]
Birth date	1958-01-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Westport				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	New Zealand				[sources]
Citizenship	New Zealand				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	damien.oconnor@parliament.govt.nz				[sources]
First name	Damien				[sources]
Last name	O'Connor				[sources]
Political association	New Zealand Labour Party				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5212493				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the New Zealand Parliament · Minister for Biosecurity (2017-2023) · Minister for Land Information (2020-2023) · Minister for Rural Communities (2017-2023) · Minister for Trade and Export Growth (2020-2023) · 8 more...				[sources]
Education	Lincoln University · St Bede's College				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

New Zealand politician

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

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MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories342,290

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,710

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,093

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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