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Ben Sasse

Politician

Ben Sasse 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	Ben Sasse · Μπεν Σας · Бен Сас · Бен Сасс · בן סאס · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Benjamin E. Sasse · Benjamin Eric "Ben" Sasse · Benjamin Eric Sasse · Benjamin Sasse · Sasse, Benjamin · 11 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ベンジャミン・エリック・ザッセ				[sources]
Birth date	1972 · 1972-02-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Plainview				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Ben · Benjamin				[sources]
Last name	Sasse				[sources]
Phone	+12022244224				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	www.sasse.senate.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com · www.sasse.senate.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16192221				[sources]
Position	Chief of Staff · Senate (member, 2015-2017) · Senate (member, 2017-2019) · Senate (member, 2019-) · United States senator (2015-2017) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Fremont Senior High School · Harvard University (-1994) · St. John's College (-1998) · Yale University (-2004)				[sources]
Religion	Lutheran Churches · Lutheranism				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-04	Last processed	2025-07-04	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician and college president (born 1972)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2023	2023
United States senator	2015-01-06	2017-01-03
United States senator	2017-01-03	2019-01-03
United States senator	2021-01-03	2023-01-03
United States senator	2019	2021
United States senator	2019-01-03	2021-01-03
United States senator	2021	2023

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,196

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories374,298

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Every Politician58,345

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MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,255

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Wikidata351,213

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions450,016

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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