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Rick Scott

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Rick Scott 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	Rick Scott · Riks Skots · Ρικ Σκοτ · Рик Скотт · Рік Скотт · 7 more...				[sources]
Other name	Gov. Rick Scott · Gov. Scott · Governor Rick Scott · Governor Scott · Richard "Rick" Lynn Scott · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	瑞克·史考特				[sources]
Birth date	1952-12-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Bloomington				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	Lynn · Richard · Rick				[sources]
Last name	Scott				[sources]
Phone	+12022245274				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · rickscott.com · rickscott.senate.gov · rickscottforflorida.com · twitter.com · 1 more...				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q439729				[sources]
Position	Governor of Florida (2011-2019) · Senate (member, 2019-) · United States Senator · United States senator (2019-2021) · United States senator (2021-2023) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Dedman School of Law · North Kansas City High School · Southern Methodist University · University of Missouri–Kansas City				[sources]
Religion	Methodism				[sources]
Last change	2025-05-23	Last processed	2025-06-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

United States Senator from Florida since 2019

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-05

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ann Scott Politician	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2021	2023
United States senator	2019-01-08	2021-01-03
United States senator	2025	-
United States senator	2023	2025
United States senator	2021-01-03	2023-01-03
United States senator	2019	2021
United States senator	2023-01-03	2025-01-03

Data sources

Every Politician58,493

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

MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons280,457

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories372,803

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

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

Iran · MFA

US Members of the Congress1,256

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

United States of America · Congress

External databases

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Wikidata349,699

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-44f57e43-db90-4525-bab0-9d5c438f8170 · us-congress-9ffbd8ea52470e8467260762233c5959563b30ee · ir-san-f15e3aa900bb2da1dedbe62cc60d81e31f990ed6

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