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David Vitter

Politician

David Vitter 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	David Vitter · Девід Віттер · Дэвид Виттер · דייוויד ויטר · ديفيد فيتر · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	David Bruce Vitter · Vitter, David · Виттер Д. · Виттер Дэвид · Девід Віттер · 8 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Vitter				[sources]
Birth date	1961-05-03				[sources]
Place of birth	New Orleans				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	David				[sources]
Last name	Vitter				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	vitter.senate.gov · www.vitter.senate.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q519780				[sources]
Position	Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2009) · Senate (member, 2009-2011) · Senate (member, 2011-2013) · Senate (member, 2013-2015) · 12 more...				[sources]
Education	De La Salle High School · Harvard College · Harvard University (-1983) · Magdalen College · Tulane University Law School (-1988) · 2 more...				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-16	Last processed	2025-10-16	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1961)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-03-30

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Wendy Vitter Politician	spouse	-	-
Jeffrey Vitter Close Associate	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2011-01-06	2013-01-03
United States senator	2009-01-06

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Every Politician58,326

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,019

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Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,333

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United States · Congress

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Wikidata349,731

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions548,881

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-bdb5c344489ff34675df450655d86ac6f726ce55 · evpo-82a99ecc-56a4-43f7-9248-d376a5f18a24 · evpo-30a39388-313b-47b4-adf5-19a6e1e44a02

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