A natural person who is or has been entrusted with prominent public functions, including:
- (a) in a Member State:
- (i) heads of State, heads of government, ministers and deputy or assistant ministers
- (ii) members of parliament or of similar legislative bodies
- (iii) members of the governing bodies of political parties
- (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
- (v) members of courts of auditors or of the boards of central banks
- (vi) ambassadors, chargés d’affaires and high-ranking officers in the armed forces
- (vii) members of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies of State-owned enterprises
- (viii) heads of regional and local authorities, including grouping of municipalities and metropolitan regions, with at least 50 000 inhabitants
- (b) in an international organisation:
- (i) the highest-ranking official, its deputies and members of the board or equivalent function
- (ii) representatives to a Member State or to the Union
- (c) at Union level: functions equivalent to those listed in point (a)(i), (ii), (iv), (v) and (vi)
- (d) in a third country: functions which are equivalent to those listed in point (a)
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Last updated: 22 August 2026.