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Thomas R. Carper

Military · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Thomas R. Carper 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	Thomas Carper · Thomas R. Carper · Thomas Richard Carper · Tom Carper · Τομ Κάρπερ · 9 more...				[sources]
Other name	Carper, Thomas · Thomas Carper · Thomas Richard "Tom" Carper · Thomas Richard Carper · Tom Carper · 15 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Carper · Карпер · トム・カーパ― · 托马斯·R·卡珀				[sources]
Birth date	1947-01-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Beckley				[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	Thomas				[sources]
Last name	Carper				[sources]
Middle name	R.				[sources]
Phone	+12022242441				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	carper.senate.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com · www.carper.senate.gov · www.carperfordelaware.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q457432				[sources]
Position	Delaware State Treasurer (1976-1983) · Governor of Delaware (1993-2001) · Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2009) · Senate (member, 2009-2011) · 25 more...				[sources]
Education	Ohio State University (-1968) · University of Delaware (-1975) · Whetstone High School (-1964) · primary school				[sources]
Religion	Presbyterianism				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-28	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1947)

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

Relationships

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

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2019-01-03	2021-01-03

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

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Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

A list of US citizens under personal sanctions by the Russian Federation.

Russia · MFA

Every Politician58,336

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,103

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

Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,216

Current and recent members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives

United States of America · Congress

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,299

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Wikidata349,078

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ru-mfa-5fcc3cc5d9b73e91ec12ae20bdd372ce0c079f23 · evpo-6bd1b1b1-2368-4676-a192-d271a2cf8a35 · evpo-9603e76e-6313-4914-8ad0-c133f71838df · us-congress-50ebee1e62b8d712cd42e34c997411e3d7c275a0

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