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Eliot Engel

Politician

Eliot Engel 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	Eliot Engel · Eliot L. Engel · Елиот Енгел · Еліот Енгель · Элиот Энгель · 6 more...				[sources]
Alias	Eliot Engel · Eliot L. Engel · Eliot Lance Engel · Engel, Eliot · Еліот Енгель · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	エリオット・L・エンゲル · エリオット・ランス・エンゲル · 埃利奥特·恩格尔 · 艾略特·恩格尔 · 艾略特·恩格爾 · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1947-02-18				[sources]
Place of birth	New York City				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Eliot · Lance				[sources]
Last name	Engel				[sources]
Middle name	L.				[sources]
Phone	+12022252464				[sources]
Website	engel.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1329618				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Hunter College · Lehman College · New York Law School				[sources]
Religion	Judaism				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2011-01-06	2013-01-03
United States representative	2015

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Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,783

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,547

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,329

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United States · Congress

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions516,192

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,575

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-4f078dc8-6c52-4e35-9dc4-d983b9b78798 · us-congress-350b6a5137ab16fdf08c683a4d866269abe83e38

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