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Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)

A politically exposed person (PEP) is a person that has been entrusted with a prominent public function. PEPs include elected officials and members of government.

This collection contains data about politically exposed persons (PEPs) from multiple sources. We include lists of office-holders both directly from official sources like governments and also from third-party sources that have been aggregated by other organizations.

Data overview

Entities:
Total1,865,393
Searchable892,259
Targets678,774
Entity types:
People679,041
Positions208,871
Legal entities2,435
Companies1,595
Organizations213
Addresses104
Countries:
269 countries · Show overview...
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:2025-05-31 15:27:03 · v. 20250531152703-fre
Last change:

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File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities803.38 MB
names.txtTarget names text file26.14 MB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format589.43 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON1.14 GB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV148.05 MB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

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Data sources60

Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) is a collection which bundles together entities from 60 data sources. See the source browser for more details...

NameCountryEntities
Argentina Members of ParliamentArgentina258
Armenia Public Officials and AssociatesArmenia8,600
Austria Public OfficialsAustria1,696
Brazil Politically Exposed PersonsBrazil135,050
Bulgaria Judiciary Asset DeclarationsBulgaria7,500
Cayman Islands Members of ParliamentCaymans81
Cayman Islands Senior Judicial OfficersCaymans46
China National People's Congress on WikipediaGlobal2,945
Colombian Joining the Dots PEPsColombia188
Colombian PEP DeclarationsColombia19,996
Croatia State Registry of Public OfficialsCroatia5,021
Cuba Members of the ParliamentCuba471
Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPsDenmark1,866
Estonia Members of the RiigikoguEstonia102
EU Prominent Public FunctionsEuropean Union1,392
European Commitee of the Regions MembersEuropean Union663
European Parliament MembersEuropean Union933
Every Politician58,493
French MayorsFrance68,834
French National AssemblyFrance4,091
French SenatorsFrance902
Georgia Public Official Asset DeclarationsGeorgia23,842
German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatchGermany2,535
Hong Kong Legislative Council MembersHong Kong195
Hong Kong Principal OfficialsHong Kong52
Iceland parliamentIceland64
Indonesia 2018 Regional Head Election ResultsIndonesia652
Israel Knesset MembersIsrael474
Latvian SaeimaLatvia101
Lithuania Members of the SeimasLithuania142
Lithuania PEPs from the register of private interestsLithuania67,719
Mexico Chamber of DeputiesMexico501
Mexico GovernorsMexico208
Mexico SenateMexico129
Montenegro declarations of interests by public officialsMontenegro15,338
Netherlands House of RepresentativesNetherlands151
Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP RelativesNigeria4,395
Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons data by ChipperNigeria40,806
North Macedonia Elected and Appointed OfficialsNorth Macedonia11,265
PEPs from Chile Interest and Asset DeclarationsChile8,516
Romania FIU Public OfficialsRomania77
Singapore Government DirectorySingapore34,337
Slovakia Public OfficialsSlovakia2,882
Slovenian Political Officials from ZvezoskopSlovenia370
South Africa Municipal LeadershipSouth Africa1,565
South Africa National and Provincial LegislatorsSouth Africa1,954
Thailand Cabinet of MinistersThailand65
Türkiye Grand National AssemblyTürkiye593
UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,038
United States Periodically Listing Updates to Management (PLUM) ReportingUnited States12,463
Uruguayan Politically Exposed Persons (PEP)Uruguay6,814
US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and GovernmentUnited States878
US CIA World LeadersUnited States11,000
US Legislators by Plural (formerly OpenStates)United States12,568
US Members of the CongressUnited States1,256
US Navy LeadershipUnited States573
US State Department Senior OfficialsUnited States467
Venezuela Members of the National AssemblyVenezuela275
Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories373,463
Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons285,431