A politically exposed foreign person is an individual who holds or has ever held one of the following offices or positions in or on behalf of a foreign country:

. a head of state or government;
. a member of the executive council of government or member of a legislature;
. a deputy minister (or equivalent);
. an ambassador or an ambassador's attache or counsellor;
. a military general (or higher rank);
. a president of a state-owned company or bank;
. a head of a government agency;
. a judge; or
. a leader or president of a political party in a legislature.

A politically exposed foreign person also includes the following family members of the individual described above:

. mother or father;
. child;
. spouse or common-law partner;
. spouse's or common-law partner's mother or father and
. brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister (that is, any other child of the individual's mother or father).

An individual or family member described above is a politically exposed foreign person regardless of their citizenship, residence status or birth place.