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Mike Gallagher

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Mike Gallagher 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	Mike Gallagher · Майк Галлахер · מייק גלאגר · مايك غالاغير · マイク・ギャラガー · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Gallagher, Mike · Michael John Gallagher · Майк Ґаллагер · מייק גלאגר · マイク・ギャラガー · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	加拉格尔 · 麦克·加拉格尔				[sources]
Birth date	1984-03-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Green Bay				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	John · Michael · Mike				[sources]
Last name	Gallagher				[sources]
Phone	+12022255665				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	www.mikeforwisconsin.com · facebook.com · gallagher.house.gov · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q27842981				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2017-2019) · House of Representatives (member, 2019-) · member of the United States House of Representatives				[sources]
Education	Georgetown University · Mater Dei High School · National Intelligence University · Princeton School of Public and International Affairs · Walsh School of Foreign Service				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Former chair of the US House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and US congressman

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-05-22

American politician (born 1984)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-04-27

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
China	Ministry of Foreign Affairs		2024-05-21	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Anne Horak Gallagher Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2019	2021
United States representative	2023

Data sources

US Members of the Congress1,334

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United States · Congress

China Sanctions Research218

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

China · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,128

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,581

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,989

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,962

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-c4b0ee8a5daf9b514dfd6d8053fe2bb24bd59059 · evpo-6b081269-92d4-4e7d-a095-40b9f7b482f6

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