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# politically exposed person

*In force · AMLR Article 2(1), point (34) · Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, OJ L, 2024/1624, 19.6.2024 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 30 Sep 2026 ·* [*Official source*](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1624/oj/eng)

### Definition

> **(34)** ‘**politically exposed person**’ means a natural person who is or has been entrusted with prominent public functions including:
>
> **(a)** in a Member State:
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> **(i)** heads of State, heads of government, ministers and deputy or assistant ministers;
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> **(ii)** members of parliament or of similar legislative bodies;
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> **(iii)** members of the governing bodies of political parties that hold seats in national executive or legislative bodies, or in regional or local executive or legislative bodies representing constituencies of at least 50 000 inhabitants;
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> **(iv)** 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;
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> **(v)** members of courts of auditors or of the boards of central banks;
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> **(vi)** ambassadors, chargés d’affaires and high-ranking officers in the armed forces;
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> **(vii)** members of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies of enterprises controlled under any of the relationships listed in Article 22 of Directive 2013/34/EU either by the state, or, where those enterprises qualify as medium sized or large undertakings or medium sized or large groups, as defined in Article 3(3), (4), (6) and (7) of that Directive, by regional or local authorities;
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> **(viii)** heads of regional and local authorities, including groupings of municipalities and metropolitan regions, with at least 50 000 inhabitants;
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> **(ix)** other prominent public functions provided for by Member States;
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> **(b)** in an international organisation:
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> **(i)** the highest ranking officials, their deputies and members of the board or equivalent functions of an international organisation;
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> **(ii)** representatives to a Member State or to the Union;
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> **(c)** at Union level:
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> functions at the level of Union institutions and bodies that are equivalent to those listed in points (a) (i), (ii), (iv), (v) and (vi);
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> **(d)** in a third country:
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> functions that are equivalent to those listed in point (a);

### Source

[AMLR, Article 2(1), point (34)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1624/oj/eng).


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