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Patrick O'Donovan

Politician

Patrick O'Donovan 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	Patrick O'Donovan · Patrick O’Donovan				[sources]
Other name	O'Donovan, Patrick				[sources]
Birth date	1977-03-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Newcastle West				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Ireland				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Patrick				[sources]
Last name	O'Donovan				[sources]
Website	www.patrickodonovan.ie · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7147378				[sources]
Position	Dáil Éireann (member, 2011-2016) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2016-) · Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture, and Sport · Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport (2025-) · Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (2024-2025) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	University College Cork				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-27	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Irish politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media	2022-12-17	2024-04-09

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,874

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,099

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US CIA World Leaders11,019

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United States of America · CIA

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata349,563

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,079

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-ireland-patrick-o-donovan-minister-for-further-and-higher-education-research-innovation-science · evpo-7814a872-bbbd-4bec-9e83-dfe119ebe6cc · us-cia-ireland-patrick-o-donovan-minister-for-arts-media-communications-culture-and-sport

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