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Jan Zahradil

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Jan Zahradil 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	Jan Zahradil · Yan Zahradil · Ян Заградил · Ян Заграділ · جان زهراديل · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Zahradil				[sources]
Birth date	1963-03-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Prague				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Czechia				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past)				[sources]
First name	Jan				[sources]
Last name	Zahradil				[sources]
Website	www.zahradil.cz				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q159490				[sources]
Position	A Member of the European Parliament · Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (1998-2002) · Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (2002-2004) · Member of the European Parliament (2004-2004) · Member of the European Parliament (2004-2009) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Chemistry and Technology				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Czech politician

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Parliament	2004-07-20	2009-07-13

Data sources

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,168

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,040

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,763

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,743

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-04b4713c-8c05-45c8-a334-2b418817e206 · eu-meps-23712 · ir-san-9a317bc024f47b0ad33da3c2e7b249bcf4cb619f

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