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Gregory Meeks

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Gregory Meeks is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Gregory Meeks · Gregory W. Meeks · Gregory Weldon Meeks · Γκρέγκορι Μικς · Грегори МИКС · 8 more...				[sources]
Other name	Greg Meeks · Gregory Meeks · Gregory Weldon Meeks · Meeks, Gregory · Mr. Gregory Meeks · 3 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	古格里·梅克斯 · 格雷戈里·米克斯				[sources]
Birth date	1953-09-25				[sources]
Place of birth	East Harlem				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	Gregory				[sources]
Last name	Meeks				[sources]
Middle name	W.				[sources]
Phone	+12022253461				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	meeks.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1545391				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · 23 more...				[sources]
Education	Adelphi University (-1975) · Howard University (-1978) · Howard University School of Law · Julia Richman High School (-1971)				[sources]
Religion	African Methodist Episcopal Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-05-16	Last processed	2025-06-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1953)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-08-07

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Russia	Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the United States House of Representatives	2017	2019
member of the United States House of Representatives	2007-01-06	2009-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2021-01-03	2023-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2017-01-03	2019-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2013-01-06	2015-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2011-01-06	2013-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2015-01-06	2017-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2009-01-06	2011-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	-	-
member of the United States House of Representatives	2005-01-06	2007-01-03

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons280,457

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Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

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Russia · MFA

Every Politician58,493

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories372,803

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Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,256

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United States of America · Congress

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-a5473bc473f94860f21d3383017663efeaa77bf0 · evpo-c8b3bafd-aeeb-499f-820e-c1096e56b67b · ru-mfa-04e7fba624a57c94575c9dae4fd4ea57c4a0b82b

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