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Brian Close

Politician

Brian Close 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	Brian Close				[sources]
Alias	B. Close · B.F. Close · Close, B. · Close, Brian				[sources]
Birth date	1958-11-21				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	State government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	brian.close@legmt.gov				[sources]
First name	Brian				[sources]
Last name	Close				[sources]
Political association	Democratic				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q135243498				[sources]
Position	member of the Montana House of Representatives				[sources]
Source link	pluralpolicy.com				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2025-01-13

Descriptions

American politician (born 1958)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-07-28

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Data sources

US Legislators by Plural (formerly OpenStates)11,431

Open data on state legislators in the United States of America.

United States · Plural · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons270,885

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,137

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions508,494

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,870

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: plural-765351f3827fa1e81fa896c8eaf6278c571675e9

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