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Bruce McPherson

PEP · Politician

Bruce McPherson 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	Bruce McPherson · بروس ماكفيرسون · 布魯斯·麥克弗森				[sources]
Birth date	1944-01-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Santa Cruz				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Bruce				[sources]
Last name	McPherson				[sources]
Political association	Republican Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4978005				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Secretary of State of California · member of the California State Assembly · member of the State Senate of California				[sources]
Education	Cabrillo College · Santa Cruz High School				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-11	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

American politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories356,055

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons286,840

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata342,474

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,820

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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