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Bill Foster

Politician

Bill Foster is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bill Foster · Билл Фостер · Білл Фостер · ביל פוסטר · بيل فوستر · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Bill W. Foster · Foster, Bill · George William Foster · Билл Фостер · ביל פוסטר · 4 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1955-10-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Madison				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	Bill				[sources]
Last name	Foster				[sources]
Phone	+12022253515				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	foster.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2903389				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · House of Representatives (member, 2017-2019) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Harvard University (-1984) · James Madison Memorial High School · University of Wisconsin–Madison (-1975)				[sources]
Last change	2025-05-17	Last processed	2025-06-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

politician, physicist

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-02-19

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the United States House of Representatives	2021-01-03	2023-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2019-01-03	2021-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2015-01-06	2017-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2021	2023
member of the United States House of Representatives	2008-03-08	2009-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2017-01-03	2019-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2015	2017
member of the United States House of Representatives	2013-01-06	2015-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	-	-
member of the United States House of Representatives	2009-01-06	2011-01-03

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons280,457

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories372,803

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Every Politician58,493

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MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,256

Current and recent members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives

United States of America · Congress

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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