Public Roles and Officeholders
This dataset identifies public figures who hold or recently held high-influence government roles across national, regional, and local levels. Because they can shape public spending, regulation, procurement, and policy, they present elevated fraud, bribery, and corruption risk. It supports anti-bribery and anti-corruption programs, third-party due diligence, and ongoing risk assessment.
About this data
Scope - Domestic Public Figures
Coverage spans senior executive, legislative, and judicial officials; heads of agencies and state-linked entities; senior military and diplomatic roles; local government leaders; and Indigenous or tribal leadership. A 5-year lookback captures residual influence and networks after leaving office.
- Executive leadership: head of government or equivalent
- Legislators and political leadership
- Senior public administration and agency heads
- Diplomacy and foreign service roles
- Military officers with general or equivalent rank
- Crown corporations and state-owned enterprises
- Judiciary at appellate and supreme court levels
- Municipal leadership
- Indigenous or tribal leadership
Relatives & Close Associates (RCA)
Included. Our RCA approach emphasizes ancillary roles with material influence around public figures—board members, senior advisors, and comparable roles that can reasonably exert influence.
Structure & linkages
Each record is jurisdiction-tagged, role-typed, time-bounded (start/end or "as of"), and linked to RCAs and documented name variants to support identity resolution and auditability.
Frequency of updates
This dataset is updated monthly to ensure accuracy and currency.
Sample Data
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