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Martin McGuinness

Politician

Martin McGuinness 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	Martin McGuinness · Μάρτιν Μακγκίνες · Мартин Макгиннесс · מרטין מקגינס · مارتن ماكجينيس · 6 more...				[sources]
Alias	James Martin Pacelli McGuinness · James Martin Pacellill McGuinness · John Martin McGuinness · Mairtin Mag Aonghusa · Martin Pacelli McGuinness · 11 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1950-05-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Derry				[sources]
Death date	2017-03-21				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom · Northern Ireland				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom · Northern Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	James · Martin · Pacelli				[sources]
Last name	McGuinness				[sources]
Political association	Sinn Féin				[sources]
Website	www.thepeoplespresident.ie · facebook.com · twitter.com · www.thepeoplespresident.ie				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57689				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2013) · Member of the 1982–1986 Northern Ireland Assembly · Member of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly (1998-2003) · Member of the 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly (2003-2007) · 13 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-02-14	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly	-	-
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly	2007-03-09	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata326,240

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,102

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-0ce334f4-755b-49ab-91ed-5dccc485797a · evpo-b81ff022-4ef1-4c86-8289-77e7a102cfd4

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