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Gavin Newsom

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Gavin Newsom 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	Gavin Christopher Newsom · Gavin Newsom · Gavins Ņūsoms · Γκάβιν Νιούσομ · Гавин Њусом · 16 more...				[sources]
Other name	Gavin C. Newsom · Gavin Christopher Newsom · 개빈 크리스토퍼 뉴섬 · 게빈 뉴섬 · 게빈 크리스토퍼 뉴섬				[sources]
Weak alias	Newsom · ギャヴィン・ニューソン · 加文·紐瑟姆 · 加文·纽森 · 葛文·紐森				[sources]
Birth date	1967-10-10				[sources]
Place of birth	San Francisco				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	State government (current)				[sources]
First name	Christopher · Gavin				[sources]
Last name	Newsom				[sources]
Political association	Democratic				[sources]
Website	www.gavinnewsom.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q461391				[sources]
Position	Governor of California (2019-) · Lieutenant Governor of California (2011-2019) · mayor of San Francisco (2004-2011) · губернатор штата Калифорния				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Science · Redwood High School · Santa Clara University (-1989)				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Source link	biographywallah.com · pluralpolicy.com · voterly.com · wealthyspy.com · www.discoverthenetworks.org · 2 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-15	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

40th governor of California since 2019

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-07-23

Relationships

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

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Hunter Newsom Close Associate	child	-	-
Монтана Ньюсом Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Governor of California	2019-01-07	2026-01-01

Data sources

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

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

Russia · MFA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,025

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

Wikidata · non-official source

US Legislators by Plural (formerly OpenStates)12,535

Open data on state legislators in the United States of America.

United States of America · Plural · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,372

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,516

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,826

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: plural-12595d190b00ca0e2c69ac377cdba55416179e03 · ru-mfa-a4dd59c1b3ae13d55168c886783f6e553b8ef9f2

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