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John Bolton

Diplomat · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

John Bolton 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	John Bolton · John R. Bolton · John Robert Bolton · Τζον Μπόλτον · Джон БОЛТОН · 11 more...				[sources]
Other name	John Robert Bolton · Τζον Ρ. Μπόλτον · Τζον Ρόμπερτ Μπόλτον · Болтон, Джон · Болтон, Джон Р. · 16 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ジョン・ロバート・ボルトン · 约翰·R·博尔顿 · 约翰·罗伯特·博尔顿				[sources]
Birth date	1948-11-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Baltimore				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	John · Robert				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Bolton				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q311269				[sources]
Position	Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1989-1993) · Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations · National Security Advisor (2018-2019) · Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (2001-2005) · United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Laws · Grace Hopper College · McDonogh School · Yale Law School				[sources]
Religion	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Lutheranism				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Former Ambassador to the United Nations and former United States National Security Advisor

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-03-08

American lawyer and diplomat (born 1948)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-01

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
National Security Advisor	2018-04-09	2019-09-10
United States Ambassador to the United Nations	2005-08-01	2006-12-09
National Security Advisor	2018-04-09	2019-09-10
US Presidential Advisor	-	-

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Russia	Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации	Граждане США, находящиеся под персональными санкциями, включая запрет на въезд в Российскую Федерацию	-	-
-	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	-	2021-01-20	-
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs	-	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,122

Profiles of politically exposed persons 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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories448,171

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List403

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

China Sanctions Research202

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

OpenSanctions · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata415,809

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ir-san-34a368f0e61266aa443da24736f60e4a0bb7c491 · ru-mfa-f04663ffd37a725acb6691cc1e64d762e7301ab8

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