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Ron Paul

Politician

Ron Paul 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	Ron Paul · Ron Pol · Rons Pols · Ρον Πωλ · Рон Пол · 8 more...				[sources]
Alias	Paul, Ronald · Ron Pol · Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul · Ronald Ernest Paul · Ronald Paul · 16 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	阮炮				[sources]
Birth date	1935-08-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Pittsburgh				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Ernest · Ron · Ronald				[sources]
Last name	Paul				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q15257				[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) · delegate (-1974) · 14 more...				[sources]
Education	Duke University (-1961) · Gettysburg College (-1957)				[sources]
Religion	Southern Baptist Convention				[sources]
Source link	mises.org				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-18	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1935)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-08-07

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2009	2011
United States representative	2005

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Rand Paul Politician	child · father	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,925

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,334

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United States · Congress

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,602

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata354,031

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-b84e03cd2a18622ac00080e5818a4079bf35f8d9 · evpo-64b29144-0ce8-430b-83c3-fdd9eb3f103c

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