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What is a Politically Exposed Person or Head of an International Organization

Written by Joelle

Updated at May 28th, 2025

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“Politically Exposed Domestic Person” or “DPEP” means an individual who holds or has held within the previous five years one of the following offices or positions referred to in any of paragraphs (a) and (c) to (j) in or on behalf of the Canadian federal government or a Canadian provincial government, or any of the offices or positions referred to in paragraphs (b) and (k), and includes any spouse, common-law partner, child, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister, or close associate of each:

 

  1. Governor General, lieutenant governor, or head of government
  2. member of the Senate or House of Commons, or member of a legislature
  3. deputy minister or equivalent rank
  4. ambassador, or attaché or counsellor of an ambassador
  5. military officer with a rank of general or above
  6. president of a corporation that is wholly owned directly by Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province
  7. head of a government agency
  8. judge of an appellate court in a province, the Federal Court of Appeal, or the Supreme Court of Canada
  9. leader or president of a political party represented in legislature
  10. holder of any prescribed office or position, or
  11. mayor, reeve, or other similar chief officer of a municipal or local government.

 

“Politically Exposed Person” or “PEP” means an individual who holds or has held one of the following offices or positions in or on behalf of a state other than Canada and includes any spouse, common-law partner, child, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister, or close associate of each:

 

  1. head of state or head of government
  2. member of the executive council of government or member of a legislature
  3. deputy minister or equivalent rank
  4. ambassador or attaché or counsellor of an ambassador
  5. military officer with a rank of general or above
  6. president of a state-owned company or a state-owned bank
  7. head of a government agency
  8. judge of a supreme court, constitutional court, or other court of last resort
  9. leader or president of a political party represented in legislature, or
  10. holder of any prescribed office or position.

 

“Head of an International Organization” or “HIO” means an individual, including any spouse, common-law partner, child, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister, or close associate, who holds or has held within the previous five years the following offices or position of head of:

  1. an international organization that is established by the governments of states
  2. an institution of an organization referred to in paragraph (a)
  3. an international sports organization.

 

“Close Associate” as it relates to PEP, DPEP or HIO, means an individual who is widely and publicly known to maintain an unusually close relationship with the PEP, DPEP, or HIO, and includes an individual who is in a position to conduct substantial domestic and international financial transactions on behalf of the PEP, DPEP, or HIO.

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