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Christopher C. Miller

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Christopher C. Miller 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	Christopher C. Miller · Christopher Charles Miller · Christopher Miller · Кристофер Чарльз Миллер · Крістофер Чарльз Міллер · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Chris Miller · Christopher Charles Miller · Миллер, Кристофер Чарльз · کریستوفر سی میلر				[sources]
Birth date	1965-10-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Platteville				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Charles · Christopher				[sources]
Last name	Miller				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q101423348				[sources]
Position	Acting United States Secretary of Defense · Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (2020-2020) · United States Secretary of Defense (2020-2021)				[sources]
Education	George Washington University (1983-1987) · Iowa City High School · Naval War College (2000-2001)				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-17	Last processed	2026-01-17	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

acting U.S. Secretary of Defense during the last months of the Trump administration

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

Relationships

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

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States Secretary of Defense	2020-11-09	2021-01-22
Director of the National Counterterrorism Center	2020-08-10

Data sources

Iran Sanctions List405

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

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,945

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,576

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions525,938

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,490

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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