Politically Exposed Foreign Person/ Politically Exposed Domestic Person/ Head of an International Organization
Definition: A politically exposed foreign person (“foreign PEP”) is a person who holds or has held one of the following offices or positions in or on behalf of a
foreign state:
a. head of state or head of government;
b. member of the executive council of government or member of a
legislative;
c. deputy minister or equivalent rank;
d. ambassador or attaché or counsellor of an ambassador;
e. military office with a rank of general or above;
f. president of a state-owned company or a state-owned bank;
g. head of a government agency;
h. judge of a supreme court, constitutional court or other court of last
resort;
i. leader or president of a political party represented in a
legislature
Definition: A politically exposed domestic person (“domestic PEP”) is a person who holds or has held within the last five years, a specific office or position
in or on behalf of the Canadian Federal Government, a Canadian Provincial Government, or a Canadian Municipality Government:
a. Governor General, Lieutenant Governor or head of
government;
b. member of the Senate or House of Commons or member of
Legislature;
c. deputy minister or equivalent rank;
d. ambassador or attaché or counsellor of an ambassador;
e. military office with a rank of general or above;
f. president of a corporation that is wholly owned directly by Her
Majesty in right of Canada or a Province;
g. head of a government agency;
h. judge of an appellate court in a Province, the Federal Court of
Appeal or the Supreme Court of Canada;
i. leader or president of a political party representation in a
legislature or mayor*
* Municipal governments include cities, towns, villages and rural county or metropolitan municipalities. As such, a mayor is the head of a city, town, village or rural
or metropolitan municipality.
Definition: The head of an international organization is a person who is either:
a. the head of an international organization established by the government or states;
b. the head of an institution established by an international organization
It includes any prescribed family member or close associate of such person.
A family member means one of the following:
• mother or father
• child
• spouse or common-law partner
• spouse or common-law partner’s mother/father
• brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister
A close associate can be an individual who is closely connected to such person for personal or business reasons.