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Robert Key

Politician

Robert Key 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	Robert Key · روبيرت كى				[sources]
Alias	Simon Robert Key				[sources]
Birth date	1945-04-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Plymouth				[sources]
Death date	2023-02-03				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Robert				[sources]
Last name	Key				[sources]
Political association	Conservative Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5391268				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · Minister for Sport and Civil Society (1992-1993) · member of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1983-1987) · member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1987-1992) · member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom (1992-1997) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Clare College · Salisbury Cathedral School · Sherborne School				[sources]
Religion	Anglicanism · Church of England				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (born 1945)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the House of Commons	2005-05-05	2010-04-12
member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,230

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,934

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,342

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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