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Dennis Hastert

Person of interest · Politician

Dennis Hastert 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	Dennis Hastert · Denny Hastert · J. Dennis Hastert · Деннис Хастерт · Денніс Гастерт · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Dennis Hastert · Denny Hastert · Hastert, J. · J. Dennis Hastert · John Dennis "Denny" Hastert · 10 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Hastert · J・デニス・ハスタート · ジョン・デニス・ハスタート · 丹尼斯·哈斯特爾特				[sources]
Birth date	1942-01-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Aurora				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Dennis · J.				[sources]
Last name	Hastert				[sources]
Middle name	DENNIS				[sources]
Political association	Republican Party				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q553626				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2007) · Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1999-2007) · member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1980-1986) · member of the United States House of Representatives (1987-1989) · 11 more...				[sources]
Education	Northern Illinois University (-1967) · Oswego High School · Wheaton College (-1964)				[sources]
Religion	Methodism				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-01-18	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1942)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-06-29

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the United States House of Representatives	2007	2007
member of the United States House of Representatives

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,660

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,319

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

United States · Congress

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,945

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 OpenSanctions525,938

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,490

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-e583d1af67164338c71e993ff95ae2b96af5b86c · evpo-5a4b3564-df72-4712-9b94-d16900eca135

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