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Bruce Westerman

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Bruce Westerman 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	Bruce Eugene Westerman · Bruce Westerman · Брюс Вестерман · ברוס וסטרמן · بروس وسترمن · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Bruce Eugene Westerman · Westerman, Bruce · ブルース・ウェスターマン · 布魯斯·魏斯特曼 · 브루스 유진 웨스터먼				[sources]
Weak alias	布魯斯·韋斯特曼				[sources]
Birth date	1967-11-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Hot Springs				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Bruce				[sources]
Last name	Westerman				[sources]
Phone	+12022253772				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	www.brucewesterman.com · facebook.com · twitter.com · westerman.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16197421				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · House of Representatives (member, 2017-2019) · House of Representatives (member, 2019-) · member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (2011-2015) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2015-2017) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Fountain Lake High School (-1986) · University of Arkansas (-1990) · Yale University (-2001)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-22	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

— 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
United States representative	2015	2017
United States representative	2019-01-03

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,169

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

Russia · MFA

US Members of the Congress1,334

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

United States · Congress

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,011

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata353,686

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,185

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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