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Ilhan Omar

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Ilhan Omar 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	Ilhan Abdullahi Omar · Ilhan Omar · Ilhan Omarová · Ιλχάν Όμαρ · Ільхан Омар · 12 more...				[sources]
Alias	Congresswoman Ilhan Omar · Ilhan Abdullahi Omar · Omar, Ilhan · Rep. Ilhan Omar · Омар, Ильхан · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	伊尔汉·阿卜杜拉希·奥马尔				[sources]
Birth date	1981-10-04 · 1982-10-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Mogadishu				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Abdullahi · Ilhan				[sources]
Last name	Omar				[sources]
Phone	+12022254755				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party · Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party				[sources]
Website	ilhanomar.com · omar.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q26436159				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2019-) · member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2017-2019) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2019-2021) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2021-2023) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2023-) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Arts · Edison High School (-2001) · North Dakota State University (-2011)				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Ethnicity	Benadiri people · Somali American				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1982)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-03-05

Relationships

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

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sahra Noor Close Associate	elder sister · sibling	-	-
Isra Hirsi Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2023-01-03	2025-01-03

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,927

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories371,616

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,166

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

Russia · MFA

External databases

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Wikidata354,130

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,448

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ru-mfa-145a0bfff98e60b659770083684f4790c50bd592 · evpo-2dbff02f-b9f9-4ba0-b78a-ae7bea8b474d

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