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Fred Cobain

PEP · Politician

Fred Cobain 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	Fred Cobain				[sources]
Birth date	1946-04-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Belfast				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Northern Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom · Northern Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Fred				[sources]
Last name	Cobain				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Unionist Party · Ulster Unionist Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5494852				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly (1998-2003) · Member of the 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly (2003-2007) · Member of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly (2007-2011) · Northern Ireland Assembly (member, 2003-2007) · Northern Ireland Assembly (member, 2007-2011)				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-13	Last processed	2026-04-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (born 1946)

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

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MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,638

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Wikidata331,011

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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