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Vern Buchanan

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Vern Buchanan 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	Vern Buchanan · Vernon Gale Buchanan · Верн Б'юкенен · Вернон БЬЮКЕНЕН · ורן ביוקנן · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Buchanan, Vern · Vernon G Buchanan · Vernon Gale Buchanan · ورن بوچنن · バーン・ブキャナン · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1951-05-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Detroit				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	Vern				[sources]
Last name	Buchanan				[sources]
Phone	+12022255015				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	buchanan.house.gov · buchanan.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2517229				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · 11 more...				[sources]
Education	Cleary University (-1975) · University of Detroit Mercy (-1986)				[sources]
Religion	Christianity				[sources]
Last change	2025-05-16	Last processed	2025-06-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

U.S. Representative from Florida

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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	2023	2025
member of the United States House of Representatives	2011-01-06	2013-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2009	2011
member of the United States House of Representatives	2009-01-06	2011-01-03
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	2007-01-06	2009-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2015-01-06	2017-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2019-01-03	2021-01-03

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Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
James Buchanan Politician	child · father	-	-

Data sources

US Members of the Congress1,256

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United States of America · Congress

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons280,457

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,493

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories372,803

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

A list of US citizens under personal sanctions by the Russian Federation.

Russia · MFA

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Wikidata349,699

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-ca2903934b5a6cdffaec6ebfc874912750e31f01 · evpo-0addafe9-841c-4e05-a45d-19caacfb2dff · ru-mfa-aa2649bf50480193c4feca8d45195c788f5e61af

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