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Lawrence Summers

Person of interest · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Lawrence Summers 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	Larry Summers · Lawrence Henry Summers · Lawrence Summers · Lourens Sammers · Λόρενς Σάμερς · 8 more...				[sources]
Alias	Lawrence H Summers · Lawrence H. Summers · Lawrence Henry Summers · Саммерс Л. · Саммерс Лоуренс · 5 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Summers · ラリー・サマーズ · ローレンス・H・サマーズ · 勞倫斯·亨利·薩默斯 · 拉里·薩默斯				[sources]
Birth date	1954-11-30				[sources]
Place of birth	New Haven				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
First name	Henry · Larry · Lawrence				[sources]
Last name	Summers				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q317953				[sources]
Position	Chief Economist of the World Bank (1991-1993) · Director of the National Economic Council (2009-2010) · President of Harvard University (2001-2006) · United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (1995-1999) · United States Secretary of the Treasury (1999-2001) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Harriton High School · Harvard University (-1982) · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (-1975) · doctorate				[sources]
Religion	Judaism				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-18	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2024-09-05

Descriptions

American economist and government official (born 1954)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-03-17

Relationships

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

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Victoria Perry Close Associate	spouse	-	-
Anita Summers Close Associate	mother	-	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Elisa New Politician	spouse	2005-12-11	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,051

Category-based imports 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

External databases

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Wikidata353,676

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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