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Joseph Urusemal

Politician

Joseph Urusemal 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	Joseph J. Urusemal · Joseph John Urusemal · Joseph Urusemal · Τζόζεφ Ουρουσεμάλ · Джозеф Урусемал · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	Joseph J Urusemal · Joseph John Urusemal · Joseph Urusemal · Τζόζεφ Ουρουσεμάλ · Урусемал Джозеф · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Urusemal · Урусемал · 约瑟夫·乌鲁塞马尔				[sources]
Birth date	1952-03-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Woleai				[sources]
Death date	2025-09-16				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Micronesia				[sources]
Country	Micronesia				[sources]
Citizenship	Micronesia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Joseph				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q435427				[sources]
Position	Congress (member, 2011-2013) · Congress (member, 2013-2015) · Congress (member, 2015-) · President of the Federated States of Micronesia (2003-2007) · member of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (1987-2003) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Rockhurst University · Xavier High School, Micronesia				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-17	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

President of Micronesia

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Olania Latileilam Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Congress	2015-05-11	-
member of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia	2007-05-11

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,223

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata351,727

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,594

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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