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Pitcairn

The Pitcairn Islands, officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four islands—Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno—are scattered across several hundred miles of ocean and have a combined land area of about 18 square miles.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 22 entities connected with the Pitcairn Islands. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Entity types

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in the Pitcairn Islands. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting the Pitcairn Islands

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in the Pitcairn Islands.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 17 entities identified as PEPs connected with the Pitcairn Islands.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
King1--
Mayor and Chairman of the Island Council1--
UK High Commissioner to New Zealand and Governor (nonresident) of the Pitcairn Islands1--
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the Island Council-75

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...