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Christmas Island

The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean around 350 kilometres (190 nautical miles) south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km (840 nmi) northwest of the closest point on the Australian mainland.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 6 entities connected with Christmas Island. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Entity types

Data sources

We are currently not including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Christmas Island. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 3 entities identified as PEPs connected with Christmas Island.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Administrator1--
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia1--
King1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...