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Neil O'Brien

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Neil O'Brien is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Neil O'Brien · نيل أوبراين · 尼尔·奥布莱恩				[sources]
Other name	Neil John O'Brien · O'Brien, Neil · 奥布莱恩 · 尼尔·奥布莱恩 · 尼爾·奧布萊恩				[sources]
Birth date	1978-11-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Huddersfield				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
E-Mail	neil.obrien.mp@parliament.uk				[sources]
First name	Neil				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	O'Brien				[sources]
Phone	+442072191802				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com · www.neilobrien.org.uk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6989101				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2017-) · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, The Union and Constitution (2021-2022) · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health (2022-2023) · member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2017-2019) · member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019-2024) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Christ Church · Greenhead College · St. Xavier's Collegiate School				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

MP

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-03-08

British politician (born 1978)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, The Union and Constitution	2021-09-17	2022-07-06
Member of the House of Commons	2017-06-09	-
member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2017-06-08	2019-11-06
member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2019-12-12	2024-05-30
member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2017-06-08	2019-11-06
member of the 59th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2024-07-04	-
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, The Union and Constitution	2021-09-17	2022-07-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health	2022-09-08	2023-11-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health	2022-09-08	2023-11-13
member of the 59th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2024-07-04	-

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Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
-	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	-	2021-03-26	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories448,156

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,621

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons262,398

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Wikidata · non-official source

China Sanctions Research202

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

OpenSanctions · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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