Holy See (Vatican)
Entities
Our standard dataset contains 91 entities connected with the Vatican City. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.
Data sources
We are currently not including any data published by authorities or organizations based in the Vatican City. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.
Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)
Our database contains 60 entities identified as PEPs connected with the Vatican City.
National government positions | Number of known occupants | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of state or government | Current | Ended | Status unclear |
| Pope | 1 | 1 | - |
| President of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City | 1 | - | - |
| National executive branches | Current | Ended | Status unclear |
| Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Secretary of State | 1 | - | - |
| National legislative branch | Current | Ended | Status unclear |
| Member of the Pontifical Commission | - | 5 | 1 |
| Diplomatic roles | Current | Ended | Status unclear |
| ambassador of France to the Holy See | - | 5 | 1 |
| ambassador of Israel to the Holy See | - | 1 | - |
| ambassador to the Holy See | - | - | 1 |
| United States Ambassador to the Holy See | - | 2 | 4 |
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...
