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Paul Ryan

Politician

Paul Ryan 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	Paul D. Ryan · Paul Ryan · Pols Raiens · Πολ Ράιαν · Пол Райан · 11 more...				[sources]
Other name	Paul Davis Ryan · Paul Davis Ryan Jr. · Paul Davis Ryan, Jr. · Paul Ryan · Pol Rajan · 33 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	保罗·戴維斯·瑞恩 · 保罗·瑞安 · 保罗·瑞恩				[sources]
Birth date	1970-01-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Janesville				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Davis · Paul				[sources]
Last name	Ryan				[sources]
Middle name	D.				[sources]
Website	paulryan.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q203966				[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) · 13 more...				[sources]
Education	American University · Joseph A. Craig High School (-1988) · Marian College, Dublin · Miami University (-1992)				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-16	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-05

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Janna Little Close Associate	spouse	2000-12	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2015-01-06	2017-01-03
United States representative	2009-01-06

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Data sources

US Members of the Congress1,333

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United States · Congress

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,025

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,410

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,826

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-4b5220877ef89bfbb39a21eca2dda11e56e36b31 · evpo-81bd4fe2-ba29-4d77-8e3d-caaf29fdac6a

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