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Politically Exposed Persons Core Data

A politically exposed person (PEP) is a person that has been entrusted with a prominent public function. PEPs include elected officials and members of government.

This collection contains data about politically exposed persons (PEPs) from multiple sources. We include lists of office-holders both directly from official sources like governments and also from third-party sources that have been aggregated by other organizations.

IMPORTANT: We discourage the use of this collection on its own, as it does not include some relevant information from enrichment sources. Read the FAQ item.

Data overview

Entities:
Total2,034,653
Searchable989,438
Targets758,490
Entity types:
People758,761
Positions225,754
Legal entities2,765
Companies1,840
Organizations214
Addresses104
Countries:
269 countries · Show overview...
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:2025-08-26 15:27:01 · v. 20250826152701-jqd
Last change:

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities902.7 MB
names.txtTarget names text file28.38 MB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format653.09 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON1.26 GB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV181.74 MB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Data sources62

Politically Exposed Persons Core Data is a collection which bundles together entities from 62 data sources. See the source browser for more details...

NameCountryEntities
Argentina Members of ParliamentArgentina258
Armenia Public Officials and AssociatesArmenia8,600
Austria Public OfficialsAustria1,675
Brazil Politically Exposed PersonsBrazil135,423
Bulgaria Judiciary Asset DeclarationsBulgaria7,010
Cayman Islands Members of ParliamentCaymans81
Cayman Islands Senior Judicial OfficersCaymans46
China National People's Congress on WikipediaGlobal2,937
Colombian Joining the Dots PEPsColombia188
Colombian PEP DeclarationsColombia22,037
Croatia State Registry of Public OfficialsCroatia4,907
Cuba Members of the ParliamentCuba471
Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPsDenmark1,888
Estonia Members of the RiigikoguEstonia102
EU Prominent Public FunctionsEuropean Union1,392
European Commitee of the Regions MembersEuropean Union665
European Parliament MembersEuropean Union934
Every Politician58,336
French MayorsFrance68,879
French National AssemblyFrance4,031
French SenatorsFrance897
Georgia Public Official Asset DeclarationsGeorgia22,921
German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatchGermany2,536
Hong Kong Legislative Council MembersHong Kong195
Hong Kong Principal OfficialsHong Kong52
Iceland parliamentIceland64
Indonesia 2018 Regional Head Election ResultsIndonesia652
Israel Knesset MembersIsrael476
Latvian SaeimaLatvia101
Lithuania Members of the SeimasLithuania142
Lithuania PEPs from the register of private interestsLithuania67,719
Mexico Chamber of DeputiesMexico501
Mexico GovernorsMexico208
Mexico SenateMexico129
Montenegro declarations of interests by public officialsMontenegro15,373
Netherlands House of RepresentativesNetherlands149
Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP RelativesNigeria4,395
Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons data by ChipperNigeria40,806
North Macedonia Elected and Appointed OfficialsNorth Macedonia11,492
PEPs from Chile Interest and Asset DeclarationsChile8,145
Romania FIU Public OfficialsRomania75
Singapore Government DirectorySingapore34,511
Slovakia Public OfficialsSlovakia2,932
Slovenian Political Officials from ZvezoskopSlovenia368
South Africa Municipal LeadershipSouth Africa1,565
South Africa National and Provincial LegislatorsSouth Africa1,959
Spain Mayors and CouncillorsSpain94,575
Spain Members of ParliamentSpain1,383
Thailand Cabinet of MinistersThailand62
Türkiye Grand National AssemblyTürkiye593
UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,039
United States Periodically Listing Updates to Management (PLUM) ReportingUnited States14,152
Uruguayan Politically Exposed Persons (PEP)Uruguay6,814
US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and GovernmentUnited States871
US CIA World LeadersUnited States11,013
US Legislators by Plural (formerly OpenStates)United States12,568
US Members of the CongressUnited States1,256
US Navy LeadershipUnited States589
US State Department Senior OfficialsUnited States437
Venezuela Members of the National AssemblyVenezuela276
Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories377,191
Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,133
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