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Rahm Emanuel

Military · Person of interest · Politician

Rahm Emanuel 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	Rahm Emanuel · Ραμ Εμάνουελ · Рам Емануель · Рам Эмануэль · רם עמנואל · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Emanuel, Rahm · Rahm Emmanuel · Rahm Israel Emanuel · Ram Emanuel · Ραμ Εμάνουελ · 16 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Emanuel				[sources]
Birth date	1959-11-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Chicago				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	Japan · United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Rahm				[sources]
Last name	Emanuel				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q298443				[sources]
Position	Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives (2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · Mayor of Chicago (2011-2019) · Senior Advisor to the President of the United States (1993-1998) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Northwestern University (-1985) · Northwestern University School of Communication · Sarah Lawrence College (-1981)				[sources]
Religion	Judaism				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-23	Last processed	2025-12-23	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1959)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-07-23

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Amy Rule Close Associate	spouse	1994-06-05	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2005	2007
United States representative	2007

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,728

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,319

Current and recent members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives

United States · Congress

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,411

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,936

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,304

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata355,710

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-2baea9531c08e52f653344d553c4992e2882178e · evpo-0c106169-bba7-4b2f-b38f-3220a4daff1a

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