Domestic PEP

A domestic PEP is a person who holds — or has held within the last 5 years — a specific office or position in or on behalf of the Canadian federal government, a Canadian provincial government, or a Canadian municipal government, for example:

• Governor General, lieutenant governor or head of government;
• member of the Senate or House of Commons or member of a legislature;
• deputy minister or equivalent rank;
• ambassador, or attaché or counsellor of an ambassador;
• military officer with a rank of general or above;
• pesident of a corporation that is wholly owned directly by Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province;
• head of a government agency;
• judge of an appellate court in a province, the Federal Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court of Canada;
• leader or president of a political party represented in a legislature; or
• ayor, reeve or other similar chief officer of a local government (municipal governments include cities, towns, villages and rural (county) or metropolitan municipalities).

Foreign PEP

A 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:

• head of state or head of government;
• member of the executive council of government or member of a legislature;
• deputy minister or equivalent rank;
• ambassador, or attaché or counsellor of an ambassador;
• military officer with a rank of general or above;
• president of a state-owned company or a state-owned bank;
• head of a government agency;
• judge of a supreme court, constitutional court or other court of last resort; or
• leader or president of a political party represented in a legislature.

HIO

The head of an international organization is a person who is either:

• the head of an international organization established by the governments of states; or
• the head of an institution established by an international organization.
• an international sports organization.

When we refer to the head of an international organization or the head of an institution established by an international organization, we are referring to the primary person who leads that organization, for example a Managing Director, Director-General, President, CEO etc.