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Katherine Zappone

Politician

Katherine Zappone 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	Katherine Zappone · كاثرين زابون · 캐서린 저폰				[sources]
Other name	Zappone, Katherine · കാതറിൻ സാപോൺ · 캐서린 자폰 · 캐서린 저폰				[sources]
Birth date	1953-11-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Washington				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Ireland				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland · United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Katherine				[sources]
Last name	Zappone				[sources]
Website	senatorkatherinezappone.ie · twitter.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6376580				[sources]
Position	Dáil Éireann (member, 2016-) · Minister for Children, Disability and Equality (2016-2020) · Teachta Dála (2016-2020) · senator of Ireland (2011-2016) · substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2013-2014)				[sources]
Education	Boston College · The Catholic University of America · University College Dublin				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American-born Irish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ann Louise Gilligan Close Associate	spouse	2003	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Dáil Éireann	2016-03-10	-
Teachta Dála	2016-03-10

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,064

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,426

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata350,197

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,415

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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