List of people named in the Panama Papers
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This is a partial list of individuals named in the Panama Papers as shareholders and directors of offshore companies.[1] The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) will release the full list of companies and people in the Panama Paper files in early May.[2]
ICIJ published the following disclaimer with regard to the data provided: "There are legitimate uses for offshore companies, foundations and trusts. We do not intend to suggest or imply that any persons, companies or other entities included in the ICIJ Power Players interactive application have broken the law or otherwise acted improperly."[3]
Heads of state and government
Current
Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina[1]
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, Prime Minister of Iceland[1]
Salman, King of Saudi Arabia[1]
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi[1]
Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine[1]
Former
Bidzina Ivanishvili, Prime Minister of Georgia[1]
Ayad Allawi, Acting Prime Minister of Iraq[1]
Ali Abu al-Ragheb, Prime Minister of Jordan[1]
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar[1]
Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar[1]
Ahmed al-Mirghani, President of Sudan[1]
Pavlo Lazarenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine[1]
Ion Sturza, Prime Minister of Moldova[4][5][6]
Other government officials
- Abdeslam Bouchouareb, Minister of Industry and Mines[1]
- José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, Minister of Petroleum[1]
- Néstor Grindetti, Mayor of Lanús[1]
- João Lyra, Member of the Chamber of Deputies[1]
- Ang Vong Vathana, Minister of Justice[7]
- Alfredo Ovalle Rodríguez, intelligence agency associate[1]
- Jaynet Kabila, Member of the National Assembly[8]
- Bruno Itoua, Minister of Scientific Research and Technical Innovation and former Chairman of the SNPC[1]
- Galo Chiriboga, current Attorney General[1]
- Pedro Delgado, former Governor of the Central Bank[1]
- Stavros Papastavrou, advisor of former Prime Ministers Kostas Karamanlis and Antonis Samaras[1]
- Zsolt Horváth, former Member of the National Assembly[9]
- Anurag Kejriwal, former President of the Lok Satta Party Delhi Branch[1]
- Konrad Mizzi, Minister of Energy and Health[1]
- Mohammad Mustafa, former Minister of National Economy[1]
- Riccardo Francolini, former chairman of the state-owned Savings Bank[1]
- César Almeyda, Director of the National Intelligence Service[1]
- Imee Marcos, Governor of Ilocos Norte and daughter of former President Ferdinand Marcos[1]
- Paweł Piskorski, former Mayor of Warsaw[1]
- Emmanuel Ndahiro, brigadier general and former chief of the intelligence agency[11]
- Muhammad bin Nayef, Crown Prince and Minister of the Interior of Saudi Arabia[12]
- Michael Ashcroft, retired member of the House of Lords[13]
- Michael Mates, former Conservative MP[14]
- Pamela Sharples, Member of the House of Lords[15]
- Victor Cruz Weffer, former commander-in-chief of the army[16]
- Jesús Villanueva, former Director of PDVSA[17]
- Atan Shansonga, former Ambassador to the United States[18]
Relatives and associates of government officials
- Daniel Muñoz, aide to former presidents Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Néstor Kirchner[1]
- Mehriban Aliyeva, Leyla Aliyeva, Arzu Aliyeva, Heydar Aliyev and Sevil Aliyeva, family of President Ilham Aliyev[1]
- Idalécio de Oliveira, potential briber of President of the Chamber of Deputies Eduardo Cunha[1]
- Patrick Henri Devillers, French business associate of Gu Kailai, the wife of former Minister of Commerce and Party Secretary of Chongqing Bo Xilai, and convicted murderer[1]
- Deng Jiagui (邓家贵), brother-in-law of President Xi Jinping[1]
- Jasmine Li (李紫丹), granddaughter of former Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Jia Qinglin[1]
- Li Xiaolin, daughter of former Premier Li Peng[1]
- Javier Molina Bonilla, former advisor to Director of the National Intelligence Secretariat Rommy Vallejo[1]
- Alaa Mubarak, son of former President Hosni Mubarak[1]
- Arnaud Claude, former law partner of former President Nicolas Sarkozy[19]
- John Addo Kufuor, son of former President John Kufuor[1]
- Mamadie Touré, widow of former President Lansana Conté[1]
- César Rosenthal, son of former Vice President Jaime Rosenthal[1]
- Frank Flannery, political consultant and Fine Gael's former Director of Organisations and Strategy[20]
- Giuseppe Donaldo Nicosia, convicted of bribery alongside former Senator Marcello Dell'Utri[1]
- Jean-Claude N'Da Ametchi, associate of former President Laurent Gbagbo[1]
- Nurali Aliyev, grandson of President Nursultan Nazarbayev[1]
- Mohd Nazifuddin Najib, son of Prime Minister Najib Razak[1]
- Juan Armando Hinojosa, "favourite contractor" of President Enrique Peña Nieto[1]
- Mounir Majidi, personal secretary of King Mohammed VI[1]
- Maryam Nawaz, Hasan Nawaz Sharif and Hussain Nawaz Sharif, children of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif[1]
- Sergei Roldugin, Arkady Rotenberg and Boris Rotenberg, friends of President Vladimir Putin[1]
- Mamadou Pouye, friend of Karim Wade, himself the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade[21]
- Khulubuse Zuma, nephew of President Jacob Zuma[22]
- Ro Jae-Hun, son of former President Roh Tae-woo[23]
- Pilar de Borbón, sister of former King Juan Carlos I[24]
- Micaela Domecq Solís-Beaumont, wife of Miguel Arias Cañete, European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy and former Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment[25]
- Rami and Hafez Makhlouf, cousin and father of President Bashar al-Assad[1]
- Ian Cameron, father of Prime Minister David Cameron[26]
- Kojo Annan, son of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan[1]
Footballers
Named individuals connected with the world governing body of association football, FIFA, include:
- Eugenio Figueredo, former President of CONMEBOL and Vice President and member of the ethics committee of FIFA[27]
- Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, Argentinean businessmen also implicated in the 2015 FIFA corruption case[28]
- Juan Pedro Damiani, member of the FIFA Ethics Committee[28]
- Michel Platini, former President of UEFA[28]
- Jérôme Valcke, former Secretary General of FIFA[28]
Football players include
- Lionel Messi, footballer for Barcelona and the Argentinean national team[27]
- Iván Zamorano, retired Chilean football striker, account during Real Madrid years [29]
- Darko Kovacevic, Nihat Kahveci, Sander Westerveld, Tayfun Korkut, Valeri Karpin, Gabriel Schürrer and Mattias Asper ex-footballer at Real Sociedad (Spain) had accounts created by the club and its president(s) principally Iñaki Otegui, under the leadership of José Luis Astiazarán, Miguel Fuentes, María de la Peña, Juan Larzábal and Iñaki Badiola [29]
- Gabriel Iván Heinze, Argentine former footballer, account (with his mother) during Manchester United years [29]
- Leonardo Ulloa, Argentine professional footballer [29]
- Marc Rieper, retired Danish international [30]
- Brian Steen Nielsen, former Danish international and sports director of Aarhus Gymnastikforening [30]
Other notable people
- Vinod Adani, Elder brother of Gautam Adani, Adani Group[31]
- Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former actor[32]
- Agustín Almodóvar Caballero, Spanish film producer and younger brother of filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar[32]
- Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor[31]
- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Indian actress and model[31]
- Hollman Carranza Carranza, son of Víctor Carranza[33]
- Jackie Chan, actor[34][35]
- Franco Dragone, theatre director, known for his work for Cirque du Soleil[36]
- Nick Faldo, English professional golfer on the PGA European Tour, now mainly an on-air golf analyst [37]
- Solomon Humes, Bahamian Bishop of a small denomination (also dead)[38]
- Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian industrial and politician[39][40]
- Marianna Olszewski, American financial author and life coach.[41]
- Nico Rosberg, Formula 1 driver at Mercedes AMG Petronas.[42]
References
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- ^ "The Power Players: Michael Ashcroft". ICIJ. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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- ^ "The Power Players: Pamela Sharples". ICIJ. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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- ^ "The Power Players: Clive Khulubuse Zuma". ICIJ. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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- ^ "The Power Players: Ian Cameron". ICIJ. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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- ^ "Quién es quién en Los Papeles de Panamá: de Leo Messi a Pilar de Borbón. Fotogalerías de Papeles Panamá". El Confidencial. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Panama fund run by David Cameron's dad 'used bishop middle-man to avoid UK tax for 30 years'". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Panama Papers, ecco gli italiani con i soldi in paradiso". l'Espresso. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Montezemolo, UBI, UniCredit named in 'Panama Papers' - English". ANSA.it. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Panama Papers: How a British man, 90, covered for a US millionaire". BBC News. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Panama Papers : Formel-1-Fahrer Nico Rosberg soll sich über Briefkastenfirma vermarktet haben". Focus Online (in German). 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
External links
- The list on the website of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (USA)
- The list on a world map by country