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Ayanna Pressley

Person of interest · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Ayanna Pressley 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	Ayanna Pressley · Ayanna Soyini Pressley · Αιαννα Πρεσσλη · Аянна ПРЕССЛИ · Аянна Пресли · 7 more...				[sources]
Other name	Ayanna Soyini Pressley · Pressley, Ayanna · Rep. Ayanna S. Pressley · Аянна Сойини Прессли · Аянна Соїні Пресслі · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	阿亚娜·普雷斯利 · 阿娅娜·普莱斯利 · 阿雅娜·普雷斯利				[sources]
Birth date	1974-02-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Cincinnati				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	Ayanna · Soyini				[sources]
Last name	Pressley				[sources]
Phone	+12022255111				[sources]
Title	Ms.				[sources]
Website	ayannapressley.com · pressley.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q13562359				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2019-) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2019-2021) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2021-) · член Палаты представителей от Демократической партии (шт. Массачусетс)				[sources]
Education	Boston University · Francis W. Parker School				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

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

Relationships

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

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the United States House of Representatives	2021-01-03	2023-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2025	-
member of the United States House of Representatives	2021	2023
member of the United States House of Representatives	2019	2021
member of the United States House of Representatives	2023	2025
member of the United States House of Representatives	2019-01-03	2021-01-03

Data sources

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

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

Russia · MFA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories460,153

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,501

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,578

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

Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,256

Current and recent members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives

United States of America · Congress

External databases

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Wikidata429,227

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-23222dab-aed6-4e0a-89d9-bcf9294f1d78 · ru-mfa-fa77aae7a03fb4c4e15799769ad6ba5a82ed76cc · us-congress-34e91a8bd41e766a5890b89576b48633d507edd4

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