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Dan Benishek

Politician

Dan Benishek 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	Dan Benishek · دان بينيشيك · دن بنیشک · ダン・ベニシェーク · 丹·貝尼什克				[sources]
Other name	Benishek, Dan · Daniel Joseph Benishek · دن بنیشک · ダン・ベニシェーク · 丹·貝尼什克				[sources]
Weak alias	Benishek				[sources]
Birth date	1952-04-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Iron River				[sources]
Death date	2021-10-15				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Dan				[sources]
Last name	Benishek				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	benishek.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1158992				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2011-2013) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2011-2017) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Michigan (-1974) · Wayne State University School of Medicine (-1978) · West Iron County High School (-1970)				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (1952–2021)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-03

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2015-01-06	2017-01-03
United States representative	2015

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,576

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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