politically exposed person

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30/06/2021 – today applies on 12/11/2026 Article 3, Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply:

‘politically exposed person’ means a natural person who is or who has been entrusted with prominent public functions and includes the following: heads of State, heads of government, ministers and deputy or assistant ministers; members of parliament or of similar legislative bodies; members of the governing bodies of political parties; members of supreme courts, of constitutional courts or of other high-level judicial bodies, the decisions of which are not subject to further appeal, except in exceptional circumstances; members of courts of auditors or of the boards of central banks; ambassadors, chargés d'affaires and high-ranking officers in the armed forces; members of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies of State-owned enterprises; directors, deputy directors and members of the board or equivalent function of an international organisation. No public function referred to in points (a) to (h) shall be understood as covering middle-ranking or more junior officials;

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