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Brian Best

Politician

Brian Best 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	Brian Best · ব্রায়ান বেস্ট				[sources]
Other name	B. Best · Best, B.				[sources]
Birth date	1959-12-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Glidden				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	State government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	brian.best@legis.iowa.gov				[sources]
First name	Brian				[sources]
Last name	Best				[sources]
Political association	Republican				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q22277043				[sources]
Position	member of the Iowa House of Representatives				[sources]
Education	University of Northern Iowa				[sources]
Source link	pluralpolicy.com				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

American businessman and politician

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

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Data sources

US Legislators by Plural (formerly OpenStates)12,532

Open data on state legislators in the United States of America.

United States · Plural · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,079

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,375

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata349,837

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,153

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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