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Cynthia Grissom Efird

Diplomat · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Cynthia Grissom Efird 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	Cynthia Efird · Cynthia G. Efird · Cynthia Grissom Efird · Синтиа ЭФИРД				[sources]
Other name	Cynthia Grissom Efird				[sources]
Birth date	1950				[sources]
Place of birth	Detroit				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	Cynthia				[sources]
Last name	Efird				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5200062				[sources]
Position	United States Ambassador to Angola (2004-2007) · сотрудник аппарата Хельсинкской комиссии при Конгрессе США				[sources]
Education	Duke University · National Defense University · Walsh School of Foreign Service				[sources]
Last change	2025-05-16	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2024-09-06

Descriptions

American diplomat

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-09-06

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Russia	Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States Ambassador to Angola	2004-01-01	2007-01-01

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,086

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

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

Russia · MFA

External databases

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Wikidata349,410

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ru-mfa-7a530288ada6d3c041b06e0e794395b60a972271

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