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Richard Shelby

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Richard Shelby 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	Richard C. Shelby · Richard Craig Shelby · Richard Shelby · · · Ρίτσαρντ Σέλμπι · 8 more...				[sources]
Other name	Ricardus Shelby · Richard C. Shelby · Richard Craig "Dick" Shelby · Richard Craig Shelby · Richard Shelby · 12 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Shelby · ·				[sources]
Birth date	1934-05-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Birmingham				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	Richard				[sources]
Last name	Shelby				[sources]
Middle name	C.				[sources]
Phone	+12022245744				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	www.shelby.senate.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q472254				[sources]
Position	Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2009) · Senate (member, 2009-2011) · Senate (member, 2011-2013) · Senate (member, 2013-2015) · 30 more...				[sources]
Education	Birmingham School of Law · Hueytown High School · University of Alabama (-1957) · University of Alabama School of Law (-1963) · primary school				[sources]
Religion	Presbyterianism				[sources]
Last change	2025-03-25	Last processed	2025-03-25	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

United States Senator from Alabama

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2007-01-06	2009-01-03
United States senator	2009-01-06	2011-01-03
United States senator	2017-01-03	2019-01-03
United States senator	2013-01-06	2015-01-03
United States senator	2019-01-03	-
United States senator	2021	2023
United States senator	2019	2021
United States senator	2011-01-06	2013-01-03
United States senator	2005-01-06	2007-01-03
United States senator	2015-01-06	2017-01-03

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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	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories442,392

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons260,476

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,644

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

MySociety · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

A list of US citizens under personal sanctions by the Russian Federation.

Russia · MFA

US Members of the Congress1,254

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

Source data IDs: us-congress-cbf47ba2f07ffbddb7e2e8ccf91535eb03e86d54 · evpo-ee9a99d0-5d9a-4672-94bc-6cf132fd897d · evpo-76c98f86-be30-4544-ae87-27e67d69d84d · ru-mfa-1973549444e7a81a6b34d0a85864b9552b2b5a50

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