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Keith Ellison

Politician

Keith Ellison 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	Keith Ellison · Keith Maurice Ellison · Кит Эллисон · קית' אליסון · كيث إليسون · 8 more...				[sources]
Other name	Ellison, Keith · Keith Maurice Ellison · Эллисон, Кит · קית' אליסון · كيث أليسون · 7 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Ellison · Keith E. Hakim · キース・エリソン				[sources]
Birth date	1963-08-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Detroit				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Keith · Maurice				[sources]
Last name	Ellison				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	ellison.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q40589				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · 9 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy (-1981) · University of Minnesota Law School (-1990) · Wayne State University (-1986)				[sources]
Religion	Sunni Islam				[sources]
Ethnicity	African Americans				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-03	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1963)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-02-21

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Clida Martinez Ellison Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2007-01-06	2009-01-03
Minnesota Attorney General	-

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Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,333

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United States · Congress

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,645

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,111

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-52629fb4936d0eec2d3f8409a77de2c4f60b0899 · evpo-68902745-7ab7-4847-bf1d-a982d9523467

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