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Michael C. Burgess

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Michael C. 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				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[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	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-12	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	2005-01-06	2007-01-03
United States representative	2011-01-06

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,039

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,914

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,169

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

Russia · MFA

US Members of the Congress1,333

Current and recent members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives

United States · Congress

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata333,778

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,207

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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