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David L. Goldfein

Military · PEP · Counter-sanctioned entity

David L. Goldfein 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	David Goldfein · David L. Goldfein · Девід Голдфейн · Дејвид Голдфејн · Дэвид Гольдфейн · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	David Goldfein · David Lee Goldfein · Гольдфейн, Дэвид				[sources]
Weak alias	デビッド・L・ゴールドファイン				[sources]
Birth date	1959-12-21				[sources]
Place of birth	France				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	David				[sources]
Last name	Goldfein				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q17466083				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (2016-) · Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (2015-2016) · former Chief of Staff U.S. Air Force				[sources]
Education	Air Command and Staff College · Oklahoma City University · United States Air Force Academy				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-03	Last processed	2026-04-03	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

general in the United States Air Force

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

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,703

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

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

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,227

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata328,139

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,418

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force	-	-
Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force	2016-07-01	-