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Sam Brownback

Diplomat · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Sam Brownback 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	Sam Brownback · Сем Браунбек · Сэм Браунбэк · סם בראונבק · سام براون باك · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Brownback, Samuel · Gov. Brownback · Gov. Sam Brownback · Governor Brownback · Governor Sam Brownback · 16 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Brownback · 山姆·布朗百克 · 山姆·布朗貝克 · 布朗貝克 · 布朗贝克				[sources]
Birth date	1956-09-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Garnett				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Dale · Sam · Samuel				[sources]
Last name	Brownback				[sources]
Website	brownback.senate.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q317618				[sources]
Position	Governor of Kansas (2011-2018) · Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2009) · Senate (member, 2009-2011) · United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom (2018-) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Kansas State University (-1979) · Prairie View USD 362 · University of Kansas (-1982) · University of Kansas School of Law				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

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

American politician and 46th Governor of Kansas (born 1956)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-06-24

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
-	Ministry of Foreign Affairs		2020-07-13	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2007-01-06	2009-01-03
United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom	2018-02-01

Data sources

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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,068

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,806

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Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata350,169

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,347

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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