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Randy Forbes

Politician

Randy Forbes 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	J. Randy Forbes · Randy Forbes · Ренді Форбс · راندى فوربس · راندي فوربس · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Forbes, J. · Forbes, Randy · James Randy Forbes · Randy Forbes · Ренді Форбс · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1952-02-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Chesapeake				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	J. · Randy				[sources]
Last name	Forbes				[sources]
Middle name	Randy				[sources]
Political association	Republican Party				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	forbes.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2130783				[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	Great Bridge High School (-1970) · Randolph–Macon College (-1974) · University of Virginia School of Law (-1977)				[sources]
Religion	Baptists				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2013-01-06	2015-01-03
United States representative

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,631

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,319

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United States · Congress

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,232

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,384

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata355,577

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-756b03832cbea753cce41d4ec4ecd54e735a1e26 · evpo-d17cf6ff-c3ef-43d8-82c0-2f16abec8ca6

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