PartyLeadership

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• The PartyLeadership entity defines various leadership roles within a political Party, including start and end dates, and the associated Person.

• It's the preferred method for specifying leadership information, replacing the use of ExternalIdentifiers attached to Party entities.

• Each PartyLeadership element requires a unique objectId, a PartyLeaderId referencing the individual, and a Type specifying the leadership role.

• A stable identifier within ExternalIdentifiers is mandatory for each PartyLeadership entry.

• While StartDate and EndDate are optional, they provide temporal context for the leadership role when available.

Note: This entity is the same for all feed types.

Use the PartyLeadership entity to define information about a various types of leadership for a Party.

Important: Some of this information was formerly specified in ExternalIdentifiers attached to Party entities. PartyLeadership is the new way to do this and should be preferred whenever possible.

Attributes

The following table describes the attributes for the PartyLeadership element:

Attribute	Required?	Type	Description
objectId	Required	ID	Unique internal identifier that's used by other elements to reference this element.

Elements

The following table describes the elements for PartyLeadership:

Element	Multiplicity	Type	Description
EndDate	0 or 1	PartialDate	End date of the person's time in the party leadership role. Should be left unspecified if the leadership tenure is ongoing.
ExternalIdentifiers	1	ExternalIdentifiers	Associates an ID with the party leadership. A stable identifier is required.
PartyLeaderId	1	IDREF	Unique identifier for the Person who holds the party leadership role.
StartDate	0 or 1	PartialDate	Start date of the person's time in the party leadership role. Should be left unspecified if the date is unknown.
Type	1	PartyLeadershipType	The type of party leadership this element represents.

Examples

XML

    <PartyLeadership objectId="PL123">
      <EndDate>2024-02-01</EndDate>
      <ExternalIdentifiers>
        <ExternalIdentifier>
          <Type>other</Type>
          <OtherType>stable</OtherType>
          <Value>stable-party-leader-PL123</Value>
        </ExternalIdentifier>
      </ExternalIdentifiers>
      <PartyLeaderId>person-123</PartyLeaderId>
      <StartDate>2024-01-01</StartDate>
      <Type>party-leader</Type>
    </PartyLeadership>

JSON

    "PartyLeadership": [
      {
        "objectId": "PL123",
        "EndDate": "2024-02-01",
        "ExternalIdentifiers": {
          "ExternalIdentifier": [
            {
              "Type": "other",
              "OtherType": "stable",
              "Value": "stable-party-leader-PL123"
            }
          ]
        },
        "PartyLeaderId": "person-123",
        "StartDate": "2024-01-01",
        "Type": "party-leader"
      }
    ]