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Eric Cantor

Politician

Eric Cantor 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	Eric Cantor · Ерік Кантор · אריק קנטור · إريك كانتور · اريك كانتور · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Cantor, Eric · Eric I. Cantor · Eric Ivan Cantor · Éric Cantor · Ерік Кантор · 5 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Cantor				[sources]
Birth date	1963-06-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Richmond				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Eric				[sources]
Last name	Cantor				[sources]
Website	ericcantor.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q497271				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2014) · 9 more...				[sources]
Education	College of William & Mary (-1988) · Collegiate School · Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation · Columbia University (-1989) · George Washington University (-1985) · 1 more...				[sources]
Religion	Judaism				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1963)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-02-24

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2005	2007
United States representative	2007

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Wikidata335,609

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,777

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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