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Desmond McKenzie

Politician

Desmond McKenzie 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	Desmond McKenzie · ديزموند ماكنزي				[sources]
Other name	ديزموند ماكنزي				[sources]
Birth date	1952-12-01				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Jamaica				[sources]
Country	Jamaica				[sources]
Citizenship	Jamaica				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Desmond				[sources]
Last name	McKenzie				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5264765				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2012-2016) · House of Representatives (member, 2016-) · Minister of Local Government & Rural Development · Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (2016-) · mayor of Kingston (2003-2012)				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-19	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Jamaican politician

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

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the House of Representatives	2012-01-17	2016-02-25
Minister of Local Government & Rural Development

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Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,216

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,660

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,042

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United States · CIA

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Wikidata334,043

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-jamaica-desmond-mckenzie-minister-of-local-government-rural-development · evpo-fc4c4c19-6318-4325-b985-93885f6148cf · us-cia-jamaica-desmond-mckenzie-minister-of-local-government-community-development

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