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Helen McEntee

Politician

Helen McEntee 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	Helen McEntee · Хелен Макенті · 海倫·麥肯蒂				[sources]
Alias	Eiléana Nic an tSaoi · McEntee, Helen				[sources]
Birth date	1986-06-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Navan				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Ireland				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Helen				[sources]
Last name	McEntee				[sources]
Political association	Fine Gael				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q8939886				[sources]
Position	Dáil Éireann (member, 2011-2016) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2016-) · Minister for Education (Ireland) (2025-) · Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade; Minister for Defense · Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (2020-2021) · 8 more...				[sources]
Education	Dublin City University				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-26	Last processed	2026-02-26	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Irish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Shane McEntee Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Dáil Éireann	-	-
Teachta Dála	2020-02-08	2024-11-08

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,292

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,148

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,958

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United States · CIA

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,644

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,383

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata325,932

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-ireland-helen-mcentee-minister-for-foreign-affairs-trade-minister-for-defense · us-cia-ireland-helen-mcentee-minister-for-education-and-youth · NK-6NNjxoJqqW42bH6ymbpWcK · unprot-5b45cb23d5ee06f7fbf35016409fc65c88dedcd0 · evpo-b3a32ddc-e2c6-49dd-8d88-75b3a4d866c1

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