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Leighton Andrews

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Leighton Andrews 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	Leighton Andrews · レイトン・アンドルーズ				[sources]
Alias	Leighton Russell Andrews				[sources]
Birth date	1957-08-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Cardiff				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Wales				[sources]
Country	Wales				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Leighton				[sources]
Last name	Andrews				[sources]
Political association	Labour Party · Welsh Labour				[sources]
Website	www.leightonandrews.com · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6519732				[sources]
Position	Deputy Minister for Regeneration · Member of the 2nd National Assembly for Wales (2003-2007) · Member of the 3rd National Assembly for Wales (2007-2011) · Member of the 4th National Assembly for Wales (2011-2016) · Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning (2009-2011) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Bangor University · University of Sussex				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Welsh Labour politician

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

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,691

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,779

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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