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William Joseph Burns

Diplomat · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

William Joseph Burns 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	Vilyam Cozef Börns · William J. Burns · William Joseph Burns · Вільям Джозеф Бернс · Уильям БЕРНС · 10 more...				[sources]
Other name	Bill Burns · William "Bill" Joseph Burns · William Burns · 빌 번스 · 윌리엄 조지프 번스				[sources]
Weak alias	威廉·伯恩斯 · 威廉·约瑟夫·伯恩斯				[sources]
Birth date	1956-04-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Fort Bragg				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Joseph · William				[sources]
Last name	Burns				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1276563				[sources]
Position	Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (2001-2005) · Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2021-2025) · Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2008-2011) · United States Ambassador to Jordan (1998-2001) · United States Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2005-2008) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	La Salle University · St John's College				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-01	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

American diplomat (born 1956)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-21

Relationships

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

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Lisa Carty Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	2021-03-19	2025-01-20

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,169

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

Russia · MFA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,645

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata334,043

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ru-mfa-dcfd2a9d23ea103d907cb20bc8492a859c397292

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