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Derek Mitchell

Diplomat · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Derek Mitchell 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	Derek James Mitchell · Derek Mitchell · Дерек Митчелл · ديريك ميتشيل · 米德偉				[sources]
Other name	Derek James Mitchell · 米德伟				[sources]
Birth date	1964-09-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Atlanta				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
First name	Derek				[sources]
Last name	Mitchell				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3023757				[sources]
Position	United States Ambassador to Myanmar (2012-2016) · президент «Национального демократического института международных отношений»				[sources]
Education	Amity Regional High School · The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy · University of Virginia				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-04	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2024-05-22

Descriptions

President, National Democratic Institute

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

American diplomat

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-05-24

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Russia	Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Min Lee Mitchell Close Associate	spouse	2006	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States Ambassador to Myanmar	2012-07-11	2016-03-14

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,039

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,169

A list of US citizens under personal sanctions by the Russian Federation.

Russia · MFA

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

External databases

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Wikidata333,862

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ru-mfa-d42b51a36c0dc221a8f939c7b4c7b323add571cb

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