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Michael Clifton Burgess

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Michael Clifton Burgess 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	Michael C. Burgess · Michael Clifton Burgess · Майкл Берджес · מייקל בורג'ס · مایکل بورگس · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Burgess, Michael · Burgess, Michael C. · Michael Clifton Burgess · Майкл Берджес · مایکل بورگس · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1950-12-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Rochester				[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 (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Michael				[sources]
Last name	Burgess				[sources]
Middle name	C.				[sources]
Phone	+12022257772				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	burgess.house.gov · www.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q539521				[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, 2013-2015) · 15 more...				[sources]
Education	Selwyn College Preparatory School (-1968) · University of North Texas (-1972) · University of North Texas (-1976) · University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (-1977) · University of Texas at Dallas (-2000)				[sources]
Religion	Reformed Episcopal Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-02	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

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

Relationships

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

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Harry Meredith Burgess Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2019-01-03	2021-01-03

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Data sources

US Members of the Congress1,216

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United States of America · Congress

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

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Russia · MFA

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,790

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,038

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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