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Mark Carleton-Smith

Military · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Mark Carleton-Smith is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	General Mark Carleton-Smith · Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith · Mark Carleton-Smith · מארק קרלטון-סמית · مارك كارليتون سميث · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	General Sir Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith				[sources]
Birth date	1964-02-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Bielefeld				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
First name	Mark · Popham				[sources]
Last name	Carleton-Smith				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6766994				[sources]
Position	Britain’s former Chief of the General Staff (at the time when Iran’s top General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated) · Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) (2018-)				[sources]
Education	Eton College				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

British Army general (born 1964)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-10-15

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Michael Carleton-Smith Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)	2018	-
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)	2018-01-01

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,430

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,059

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata350,162

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ir-san-9e952522171e780cc3252f786294c9b771247060

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