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John Thune

Politician

John Thune 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	Džons Tjūns · John Thune · Τζον Θιούν · Џон Тјун · Джон Тьюн · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	John R. Thune · John Randolph Thune · Thune, John · Джон Тьюн · Джон Тюн · 10 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Thune				[sources]
Birth date	1961-01-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Pierre				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	John · Randolph				[sources]
Last name	Thune				[sources]
Phone	+12022242321				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	thune.senate.gov · facebook.com · johnthune.com · thune.senate.gov · twitter.com · 1 more...				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q462981				[sources]
Position	Majority Leader of the United States Senate (2025-) · Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2009) · Senate (member, 2009-2011) · Senate (member, 2011-2013) · 18 more...				[sources]
Education	Biola University (-1983) · Jones County High School (-1979) · University of South Dakota (-1984)				[sources]
Religion	Evangelicalism · Protestant church				[sources]
Ethnicity	Norwegian Americans				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1961)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-29

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2023-01-03	2025-01-03

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Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Luke J. Lindberg Politician	father-in-law · relative	-	-

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,426

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Every Politician57,893

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US Members of the Congress1,333

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United States · Congress

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,087

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,415

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata350,256

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-78c74815-5d54-4e9d-b962-372954131087 · us-congress-610c78b74c1235d9d831ace912fdca0ec39a1abb · evpo-75370294-f7fb-4fac-8dcf-38dadce93ca0

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