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James L. Jones

Military · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

James L. Jones 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	James L. Jones · James Logan Jones Jr. · James Logan Jones mlajši · Τζέιμς Λ. Τζόουνς · Джеймс ДЖОНС · 8 more...				[sources]
Other name	Džeimsas L. Džounsas · Džeimsas Loganas Džounsas · James L Jones · James L. Jones Jr. · James Logan Jones · 5 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ジェームズ・L・ジョーンズ · ジェームズ・ローガン・ジョーンズ · 詹姆斯·L·琼斯 · 詹姆斯·L·瓊斯 · 詹姆斯·洛·琼斯 · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1943-12-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Kansas City				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past) · National government (past)				[sources]
First name	James				[sources]
Last name	Jones				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q467451				[sources]
Position	21st United States National Security Advisor · Commandant of the Marine Corps (1999-2003) · Former National Security Advisor of the United States · Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2003-2006) · United States National Security Advisor (2009-2010) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Georgetown University · National War College · Walsh School of Foreign Service · West Potomac High School				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2023-09-27

Descriptions

United States Marine Corps Commandant and National Security Advisor

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
NATO Supreme Allied Commander	-	-
Supreme Allied Commander Europe	2003-01-17	2006-12-07

Data sources

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,169

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

Russia · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,153

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories361,573

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,775

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,854

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ir-san-4ddc3fd4d9074ad278f06c0a3ec15bca365b581b · ir-san-8b198df910acce86793c7b6a968455eec16cd7cd · ru-mfa-09876c714765ad9d1f48a40c3c539de650416e30

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