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John McCain

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

John McCain 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	Con Makkeyn · Džons Makeins · John McCain · John Sidney McCain III · Τζον Μακέιν · 16 more...				[sources]
Other name	John S. McCain · John S. McCain III · John Sidney McCain · John Sidney McCain III · Мак-Кейн Джон · 9 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ماكين · ম্যাককেইন				[sources]
Birth date	1936-08-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Coco Solo				[sources]
Death date	2018-08-25				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
First name	John · Sidney				[sources]
Last name	McCain				[sources]
Website	www.johnmccain.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q10390				[sources]
Position	United States senator (1987-1989) · United States senator (1989-1991) · United States senator (1991-1993) · United States senator (1993-1995) · United States senator (1995-1997) · 16 more...				[sources]
Education	Episcopal High School (1951-1954) · National War College (1973-1974) · St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School · United States Naval Academy (-1958) · primary education				[sources]
Religion	Baptists · Protestantism · Southern Baptist Convention				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-06	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2024-09-05

Descriptions

American politician, military officer, and presidential candidate (1936–2018)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-09-03

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Russia	Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
James R. D. McCain Close Associate	child	-	-
Sidney McCain Close Associate	child	-	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Meghan McCain Politician	child · father	-	-
Cindy McCain Politician	spouse	1980-05-17	2018-08-25

Data sources

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,169

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

Russia · MFA

External databases

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Wikidata335,609

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ru-mfa-5997ba6c031c6431363ca2d3ec06ecaa018961f5

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