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Michael D. Higgins

Politician

Michael D. Higgins 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	Maikls Higinss · Maykl Deniyel Hiqqins · Michael D. Higgins · Michael Higgins · Μάικλ Ντ. Χίγκινς · 15 more...				[sources]
Other name	Maikls Higinss · Michael D Higgins · Michael Daniel Higgins · Michael Higgins · Micheál D. Ó hUiginn · 30 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	迈克尔·希金斯				[sources]
Birth date	1941-04-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Limerick				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Ireland				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Michael				[sources]
Last name	Higgins				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · president.ie · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57276				[sources]
Position	Dáil Éireann (member, 2002-2007) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2007-2011) · President · President of Ireland (2011-) · Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2001-2003) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Indiana University · Indiana University Bloomington · St. Flannan's College · University of Galway · University of Manchester				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-01	Last processed	2025-11-14	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

President of Ireland (2011–2018; 2018–2025)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-01

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sabina Higgins Close Associate	spouse	-	-
Alice Mary Higgins Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Dáil Éireann	2002-06-06	2007-04-26
Teachta Dála	2007-06-14

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,031

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories361,573

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government868

An index of most national-level heads of state and heads of government in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Every Politician57,893

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,153

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,775

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,854

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-ireland-michael-d-higgins-president · unprot-c74d333ec95c6ea96ae6b7da40ddbafa6547a9d9 · evpo-fc04c093-5616-4039-ab13-de55dde2f1b2 · unprot-96fd4234d67377f22aa19530d7c7ccf21b2a8be1 · unprot-250fe8a736bb747517afa73f605f33636f2f11dc · us-cia-ireland-michael-higgins-president

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