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Karen Bass

Politician

Karen Bass 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	Karen Bass · Karen Bassová · Κάρεν Μπας · Карен Басс · Карэн Бас · 7 more...				[sources]
Other name	Bass, Karen · Karen Ruth Bass · Басс, Карен · کارن بس · カレン・バス · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1953-10-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Los Angeles				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	Karen				[sources]
Keywords	Local government				[sources]
Last name	Bass				[sources]
Phone	+12022257084				[sources]
Title	Ms.				[sources]
Website	karenbass.house.gov · www.karenbass.com · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q461739				[sources]
Position	Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (2019-2021) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · House of Representatives (member, 2017-2019) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Alexander Hamilton High School (-1971) · California State University, Dominguez Hills (-1990) · University of Southern California (-2015)				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Mayor of Los Angeles since 2022 (born 1953)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-03-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the United States House of Representatives	2011-01-06	2013-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2019	2021
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	2019-01-03	2021-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2011	2013
member of the United States House of Representatives	2021-01-03	2022-12-09
member of the United States House of Representatives	2015-01-06	2017-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2013	2015
member of the United States House of Representatives	2017-01-03	2019-01-03

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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