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Tom Harkin

Military · PEP · Politician

Tom Harkin 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	Tom Harkin · Том Харкин · Том Харкін · טום הארקין · تام هارکین · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Harkin, Thomas · Richard Thomas Tom Harkin · Thomas Harkin · Thomas Richard Harkin · Том Харкин · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Harkin				[sources]
Birth date	1939-11-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Warren County				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Richard · Thomas · Tom				[sources]
Last name	Harkin				[sources]
Middle name	RICHARD				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	www.harkin.senate.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q465617				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2009) · Senate (member, 2009-2011) · Senate (member, 2011-2013) · Senate (member, 2013-2015) · 22 more...				[sources]
Education	Dowling Catholic High School · Iowa State University (-1962) · The Catholic University of America (-1972) · primary school				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-15	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1939)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-03-10

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2007-01-06	2009-01-03

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,322

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United States · Congress

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,730

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata331,008

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,956

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-b6d79281a23e95047d48a2d0aec7252568750b9b · evpo-3167b02c-eb06-4003-861f-0515abe71846

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