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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 Lynn "Rick" 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]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Richard · Rick				[sources]
Last name	Scott				[sources]
Phone	+12022245274				[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	2025-09-21	Last processed	2025-09-21	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	2023-01-03	2025-01-03

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,103

Profiles of politically exposed persons 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

Every Politician58,336

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

MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata349,078

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,299

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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

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