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John O'Donoghue

PEP · Politician

John O'Donoghue 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	John O'Donoghue · John O’Donoghue · جون أودونوغو · جون اودونوجو · 존 오도너휴				[sources]
Alias	John O’Donoghue				[sources]
Birth date	1956-05-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Cahersiveen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Ireland				[sources]
Citizenship	Ireland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Last name	O'Donoghue				[sources]
Political association	Fianna Fáil				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q981985				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Ceann Comhairle (2007-2009) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2002-2007) · Dáil Éireann (member, 2007-2011) · Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport (2002-2007) · Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (1997-2002) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	University College Cork				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-06	Last processed	2026-04-06	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Irish politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,305

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,170

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,587

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,646

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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