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Frances Townsend

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Frances Townsend 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	Frances Townsend · Frances М. Fragos Townsend · Фрэнсис Таунсенд · פרנסיס טאונזנד · فرانسيس تاونسند · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Fran Townsend · Frances F. Townsend · Frances Fragos Townsend · Frances M. "Fran" Fragos Townsend · Таунсенд, Фрэнсис				[sources]
Birth date	1961-12-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Mineola				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Frances				[sources]
Last name	Townsend				[sources]
Political association	Republican Party				[sources]
Website	www.francestownsend.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5478983				[sources]
Position	Former United States Homeland Security Advisor · Homeland Security Advisor (2004-2008) · Senior Counsel (2022-) · United States Homeland Security Council · board member · 8 more...				[sources]
Education	American University · University of San Diego School of Law				[sources]
Source link	finance.yahoo.com · georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov · nationalsecurity.gmu.edu · thebossmagazine.com · www.csis.org · 3 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-09-28

Descriptions

Senior Counsel at Activision Blizzard

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

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

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Homeland Security Advisor	2004-07-28	2008-03-30

Data sources

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,166

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

Russia · MFA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,188

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,102

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,240

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ir-san-7d5fad8d27f19aadfd46cf121aeb2506ef2ccc92 · ru-mfa-8967704f13c82dbfd60d00bdd2ed56ab0fb2b325

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