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John Robert Bolton

Diplomat · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

John Robert Bolton 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	John Bolton · John R. Bolton · John Robert Bolton · Τζον Μπόλτον · Джон Болтан · 10 more...				[sources]
Other name	John Robert Bolton · Τζον Ρ. Μπόλτον · Τζον Ρόμπερτ Μπόλτον · Болтон, Джон · Болтон, Джон Р. · 16 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ジョン・ロバート・ボルトン · 约翰·R·博尔顿 · 约翰·罗伯特·博尔顿				[sources]
Birth date	1948-11-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Baltimore				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	John · Robert				[sources]
Last name	Bolton				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q311269				[sources]
Position	Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1989-1993) · Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations · Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (2001-2005) · United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006) · United States National Security Advisor (2018-2019) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Laws · Grace Hopper College · McDonogh School · Yale Law School				[sources]
Religion	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Lutheranism				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Former Ambassador to the United Nations and former United States National Security Advisor

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

American lawyer and diplomat (born 1948)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-01

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
-	Ministry of Foreign Affairs		2021-01-20	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
US Presidential Advisor	-	-
United States National Security Advisor	2018-04-09	2019-09-10

Data sources

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

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

Russia · MFA

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

Iran Sanctions List405

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

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,806

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,044

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata350,131

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,280

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ir-san-34a368f0e61266aa443da24736f60e4a0bb7c491 · ru-mfa-f04663ffd37a725acb6691cc1e64d762e7301ab8

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