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Matthew Pottinger

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Matthew Pottinger 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	Matthew F. Pottinger · Matthew Pottinger · マシュー・ポティンガー · 博明				[sources]
Other name	Matt Pottinger · Matthew F. Pottinger · Matthew Forbes Pottinger · 波廷杰				[sources]
Weak alias	蒲亭杰 · 馬修·波廷傑 · 馬修·波廷格 · 马修·波廷杰 · 马修·波廷格				[sources]
Birth date	1973				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	Matthew				[sources]
Last name	Pottinger				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q29913307				[sources]
Position	Deputy National Security Advisor (2019-2021) · former Deputy National Security Advisor				[sources]
Education	Milton Academy · University of Massachusetts Amherst				[sources]
Last change	2025-05-23	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-03-08

American journalist, Marine Corps officer, and former government official (born 1973)

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Yen Pottinger Close Associate	spouse	-	-
Stanley Pottinger Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Deputy National Security Advisor	2019-09-22	2021-01-07

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,795

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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

Wikidata · non-official source

China Sanctions Research217

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

OpenSanctions · non-official source

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Wikidata349,174

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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