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John Shimkus

Politician

John Shimkus 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	John Shimkus · Джон Шимкус · جان شیمکوس · جون شيمكوس · জন শিমকাস · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	John M. Shimkus · John Mondy Shimkus · Shimkus, John · جان شیمکوس · ジョン・シムクス · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1958-02-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Collinsville				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Last name	Shimkus				[sources]
Middle name	M.				[sources]
Phone	+12022255271				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · shimkus.house.gov · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1701747				[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) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · 17 more...				[sources]
Education	Collinsville High School · Concordia University Irvine (-1990) · Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (-1997) · United States Military Academy (-1980)				[sources]
Religion	Lutheranism				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician; U.S. Representative from Illinois

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2007-01-06	2009-01-03
United States representative	2011-01-06

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Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories361,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,334

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United States · Congress

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,139

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata335,470

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,576

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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