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Ken McCallum

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Ken McCallum 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	Ken McCallum · Кен Мак-Калум · Кен Маккаллум · 肯·麦卡勒姆				[sources]
Other name	Kenneth Douglas McCallum · Маккаллум, Кен				[sources]
Birth date	1974				[sources]
Place of birth	Glasgow				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
First name	Ken				[sources]
Last name	McCallum				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q91619913				[sources]
Position	Director General of MI5 · Director General of MI5 (2017-)				[sources]
Education	University of Glasgow				[sources]
Last change	2025-05-31	Last processed	2025-09-07	First seen	2024-05-02

Descriptions

Director General of MI5

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-08-22

Relationships

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

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Director General of MI5	2017-04-01	-

Data sources

Iran Sanctions List405

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

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,084

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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