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Simon Harris

Politician

Simon Harris 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	Saimons Heriss · Simon Harris · Simon Harris T.D. · Σάιμον Χάρις · Саймон Гарріс · 11 more...				[sources]
Alias	Harris, Simon · Саймон Харрис · سيمون هاريس · 賽門·哈里斯				[sources]
Birth date	1986-10-17 · 1986-12-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Greystones				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Ireland				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Simon				[sources]
Last name	Harris				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Website	www.simonharris.ie · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7518922				[sources]
Position	Dáil Éireann (member, 2011-2016) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2016-) · Minister for Defence (Ireland) (2025-) · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland) (2025-) · Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (2020-2024) · 8 more...				[sources]
Education	Ardee Community School · Dublin Institute of Technology · St David's Holy Faith Secondary School, Greystones				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) of Ireland (born 1986)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-03-29

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Teachta Dála	2011-03-09	2016-02-03

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Every Politician57,742

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UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,090

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,142

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,043

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata353,726

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,890

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-ireland-simon-harris-taoiseach-prime-minister · unprot-0ee6857a2025708da1577c43dc76bc2dfbbe6595 · us-cia-ireland-simon-harris-tanaiste-deputy-prime-minister-minister-for-foreign-affairs-and-trade-minister-for-defense · unprot-0d4b1e8681e03aeafd706da94fa1770525928c0f · evpo-57c2f1f2-f73b-4155-8284-5b4fe0f9a545 ·

us-cia-ireland-simon-harris-resigned-on-18-december-2024-but-remains-in-caretaker-status-until-a-new-prime-minister-is-appointed-taoiseach-prime-minister

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