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Alex Azar

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Alex Azar 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	Alex Azar · Alex M. Azar II · Алекс Азар · אלכס אזר · أليكس عازار · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Alex M. Azar II · Alex Michael Azar · Alex Michael Azar II · Азар, Алекс · 阿扎				[sources]
Weak alias	アレックス・アザール · 亚历克斯·阿泽 · 艾力克斯·艾薩 · 艾薩				[sources]
Birth date	1967-06-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Johnstown				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
First name	Alex · Michael				[sources]
Last name	Azar				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4716651				[sources]
Position	United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (2005-2007) · United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (2018-2021) · president (2012-2017)				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Arts (1988) · Dartmouth College (-1988) · Juris Doctor (1991) · Parkside High School · Yale Law School (-1991)				[sources]
Religion	Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-03-08

American politician

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
China	Ministry of Foreign Affairs		2021-01-20	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services	2018-01-29	2021-01-20

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,151

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

China Sanctions Research218

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

China · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,051

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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