Search OpenSanctions

Renan Calheiros

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Renan Calheiros is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	JOSÉ RENAN VASCONCELOS CALHEIROS · Renan Calheiros · Ренан Калейрос · رينان كالهيروس · 雷南·卡列罗斯				[sources]
Alias	Ivanilda Vasconcelos Calheiros · Jose Renan Vasconcelos Calheiros · José Renan Vasconcelos Calheiros				[sources]
Birth date	1955-09-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Murici				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Brazil				[sources]
Citizenship	Brazil				[sources]
Classification	State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Renan				[sources]
Last name	Calheiros				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Movement Party				[sources]
Tax Number	`*.786.854-`				[sources]
Website	www.renancalheiros.com.br				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3623584				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Alagoas senator (1995-) · Minister of Justice of Brazil (1998-1999) · President of the Federal Senate of Brazil (2005-2007) · President of the Federal Senate of Brazil (2007-2007) · President of the Federal Senate of Brazil (2013-2015) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Universidade Federal de Alagoas				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-16	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Brazilian politician and Senator of the Federative Republic of Brazil since 1995

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-10-08

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Renan Filho PEP	child · father	-	-
Olavo Calheiros PEP

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Alagoas senator	1995	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,733

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Brazil Politically Exposed Persons119,998

This datasets encompass brazilian PEPs divulgated by the CGU

Brazil · CGU

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,680

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,594

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,382

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: br-pep-4d1847c1d7332b4f5ad059e8ff31971d579637e5 · br-pep-590004d8c6f7fe953113c9c216b785cae5d832c9

For experts: raw data explorer

Using the API

This page is sourced from our API service. Sign up for an API key and authenticate your request.

We recommend using the /match API function when implementing a screening system.

Equivalent request

GET https://api.opensanctions.org/entities/Q3623584?nested=true

Read about the nested format.

Factsheet Descriptions Relationships Data sources

OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Businesses must acquire a data license to use the dataset.

Use the API License in bulk