This is a partial list of people named in the Panama Papers as shareholders, directors and beneficiaries of offshore companies. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released the full list of companies and individuals in the Panama Papers on 10 May 2016. 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." The disclosures "implicated at least 140 politicians from more than 50 countries" in tax evasion schemes."Trumpworld’s Corruption Is as Globalized as the Ultra-Rich the President Mingles With" foreignpolicy.com - The Slate Group 2010-10-12
Government officials Current or former heads of state or government of their country as defined by their political position at the time of announcement, not whether the documents in the Papers relating to them coincided with their period of office.
Heads of state Salman, King of Saudi Arabia
Former heads of state
Mauricio Macri, former President of Argentina Petro Poroshenko, former President of Ukraine Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (d. 2022), former President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar, is listed as owner of Afrodille S.A., which had a bank account in Luxembourg and shares in two South African companies. Al Thani also held a majority of the shares in Rienne S.A. and Yalis S.A., holding a term deposit with the Bank of China in Luxembourg. A relative owned 25% of these: Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatar's former prime minister and foreign minister. Ahmed al-Mirghani (d. 2008), former President of Sudan (1986–1989).
Heads of government Shahbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan
Former heads of government
Malcolm Turnbull, former Prime Minister of Australia Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland, left office in April 2016 as a result of the Panama Papers revelations Bjarni Benediktsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland Silvio Berlusconi (d. 2023), former Prime Minister of Italy Bidzina Ivanishvili, former Prime Minister of Georgia Pavlo Lazarenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine Ion Sturza, former Prime Minister of Moldova Ayad Allawi, former Acting Prime Minister of Iraq Ali Abu al-Ragheb (d. 2026), former Prime Minister of Jordan Benazir Bhutto (d. 2007), former Prime Minister of Pakistan and a member of the Bhutto family Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, former Prime Minister of Qatar
Other government officials
Abdeslam Bouchouareb, Minister of Industry and Mines
Jordi Cinca, Minister of Finance
José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, Minister of Petroleum
Néstor Grindetti, Mayor of Lanús Jorge Macri, Mayor of Vicente López, Buenos Aires and cousin of Mauricio Macri Esteban Bullrich, Minister of Education Carmen Polledo, 1st Vice President of the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires for PRO Darío Loperfido, Minister of Culture of Buenos Aires Gustavo Arribas, Head of the Federal Intelligence Agency Waldo Wolff, national deputy
Neville Wran (d. 2014), former Premier of New South Wales
Ian Kirby, President of the Botswana Court of Appeal and former attorney general
Joaquim Barbosa, former president of the Supreme Federal Court Newton Cardoso Jr, federal deputy for Minas Gerais Eduardo Cunha, former president of the Chamber of Deputies and former federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro Edison Lobão, former Governor of Maranhão, former senator for Maranhão, former Minister of Mines and Energy and former federal deputy for Maranhão João Lyra, former senator for Alagoas and former federal deputy for Alagoas
Ang Vong Vathana, Minister of Justice
Jaynet Kabila, Member of the National Assembly
Bruno Itoua, Minister of Scientific Research and Technical Innovation and former chairman of the SNPC
Galo Chiriboga, former attorney general Pedro Delgado, cousin of President of Ecuador Rafael Correa and former governor of the Central Bank
Jérôme Cahuzac, former Minister of the Budget Frédéric Chatillon, French businessman, and communications adviser to Front National leader Marine Le Pen Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of Front National and father of current leader Marine Le Pen Jean-Noël Guérini, the president of the General council (conseil général) of Bouches-du-Rhône, a member of the Senate of France and a member of the municipal council of Marseille Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund and former Minister of Finance
Stavros Papastavrou, advisor of former Prime Ministers Kostas Karamanlis and Antonis Samaras
Zsolt Horváth, former Member of the National Assembly
Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland. Wife of president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. She has links to offshore accounts. Júlíus Vífill Ingvarsson, Member of the Reykjavík City Council (resigned April 5, 2016) Ólöf Nordal (d. 2017), Minister of the Interior
Ravindra Kishore Sinha, BJP Member of Parliament of the Rajya Sabha for Bihar Anil Vasudev Salgaocar (d. 2016), former Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Yoav Gallant, Minister of Construction Dov Weissglass, former advisor to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Nicola Di Girolamo, former Member of the Senate
Kalpana Rawal, Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Elias Bou Saab, Education Minister
Konrad Mizzi, Minister of Energy and Health. Keith Schembri, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat
Wopke Hoekstra, former Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister of Finance
Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President James Ibori, former Governor of Delta State Olubuse II (d. 2015), former ruler of Ife
Kim Chol-sam, Daedong Credit Bank representative and presumed high official
Rehman Malik, former Minister of the Interior and former Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency Malik Mohammad Qayyum, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court and former Attorney General Anwar Saifullah, Member of the Senate, former Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources and former Minister for Environment and Urban Affairs Humayun Saifullah, former Member of the National Assembly Osman Saifullah, Member of the Senate Salim Saifullah, Member of the Senate and a Pakistan Muslim League faction leader
Mohammad Mustafa, former Minister of National Economy
Riccardo Francolini, former chairman of the state-owned Savings Bank Ramón Fonseca, president of the Panameñista Party, co-founder of Mossack Fonseca (the law firm involved in the Panama Papers leak)
Maria Imelda "Imee" Marcos Manotoc, Governor of Ilocos Norte, eldest daughter of former president Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda Marcos
Paweł Piskorski, former Mayor of Warsaw
Emmanuel Ndahiro, brigadier general and former chief of the National Intelligence and Security Services
Muhammad bin Nayef, Crown Prince and Minister of the Interior of Saudi Arabia Muhammad bin Fahd, Former Governor of Eastern Province
José Manuel Soria, Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism. (resigned April 15, 2016, four days after appearing named) Rodrigo Rato, former Vice President of the Government of Spain, and former president of Bankia and IMF. Ignacio González, former president of the Community of Madrid. His penthouse in Estepona, which is being investigated by the Spanish courts, has links with offshore companies. He has been charged with embezzlement and bribery. Antonio Hernández Mancha, retired senator of Senate of Spain and former president of Alianza Popular (nowadays Partido Popular).
Michael Ashcroft, retired Member of the House of Lords Tony Baldry, former Member of the House of Commons David Davies (d. 2025), former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence Michael Mates, former Member of the House of Commons Pamela Sharples (d. 2022), Member of the House of Lords
Sergio Abreu, former Minister of Industry and Ministry of Foreign Relations (Uruguay) Pedro Bordaberry, senator and former Minister of Tourism and Sport (2003–2005). Edgardo Novick, businessman and leader of "Partido de la Concertación"
Victor Cruz Weffer, former commander-in-chief of the army Jesús Villanueva, former Director of PDVSA
Atan Shansonga, former Ambassador to the United States
Relatives and associates of government officials
Mehriban Aliyeva, Leyla Aliyeva, Arzu Aliyeva, Heydar Aliyev, and Sevil Aliyeva, family of President Ilham Aliyev
Anthony Merchant, husband of Senator Pana Merchant
Deng Jiagui, brother-in-law of paramount leader and General Secretary Xi JinpingChina Censors Mentions of 'Panama Papers' Leaks April 5, 2016 Li Xiaolin, daughter of former Premier Li Peng
Alaa Mubarak, son of former President Hosni Mubarak
Frédéric Chatillon, business associate of Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front Nicolas Crochet, accounting associate of Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the National Front and father of current party leader Marine Le Pen Isabelle Balkany, wife of Patrick Balkany
John Addo Kufuor, son of former President John Kufuor
Mamadie Touré, widow of former President Lansana Conté
Frank Flannery, political consultant and Fine Gael's former Director of Organisations and Strategy
Amitabh Bachchan, an Indian actor, film producer, and television host, widely recognized for his extensive career in Hindi cinema Vinod Adani, Businessperson and elder brother of Gautam Adani, Adani Group Harish Salve, former Solicitor General and son of N. K. P. Salve, veteran Indian National Congress politician
Mamy Ravatomanga, Malagasy businessman, owner of the Sodiat group and close adviser to President Andry Rajoelina.
Mohd Nazifuddin Najib, son of Prime Minister Najib Razak, Dr. Khadizah Aman Osman, Daughter of Federal Minister and their cousin
Juan Armando Hinojosa, "favourite contractor" of President Enrique Peña Nieto
Mounir Majidi, personal secretary of King Mohammed VI
Maryam Nawaz, Hasan Nawaz Sharif and Hussain Nawaz Sharif, children of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Irene Marcos Araneta, youngest daughter of the late former president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos and former First Lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, youngest sister of Maria Imelda "Imee" Marcos Manotoc, Governor of Ilocos Norte and Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, Senator and former member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Ilocos Norte Matthew Joseph Manotoc, son of Maria Imelda "Imee" Marcos, Governor of Ilocos Norte, grandson of former First Lady Imelda Marcos
Sergei Roldugin, friend of President Vladimir Putin Arkady Rotenberg, friend of President Vladimir Putin Boris Rotenberg, friend of President Vladimir Putin
Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, member of the Saudi royal family
Khulubuse Zuma, nephew of President Jacob Zuma
Ro Jae-Hun, son of former President Roh Tae-woo
Associates of the Spanish royal family: Infanta Pilar de Borbón (d. 2020), sister of former king Juan Carlos I, and her husband Luis Gómez-Acebo Iñaki Urdangarin, former Duke of Palma and husband of Infanta Cristina; advised by Mossack Fonseca and previously involved in the Nóos affair Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Danish-German philanthropist and businesswoman; former mistress of Juan Carlos I Borja Thyssen, son of Carmen Cervera, Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza Francisco Paesa, an agent of the Spanish National Intelligence Centre
Rami and Hafez Makhlouf, cousins of President Bashar al-Assad
Sarah, Duchess of York, former wife of Prince Andrew Ian Cameron, father of Prime Minister David Cameron Mark Thatcher, son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher