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Michael Bennet

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Michael Bennet 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	Maykl Bennet · Michael Bennet · Michael F. Bennet · Michael Farrand Bennet · Μάικλ Μπένετ · 10 more...				[sources]
Other name	Bennet, Michael · Maykl Farran Bennet · Michael Bennet · Michael Farrand Bennet · Μάικλ Μπένετ · 9 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Bennet · 米高·貝內特 · 麥可·班奈特				[sources]
Birth date	1964-11-28				[sources]
Place of birth	New Delhi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Farrand · Michael				[sources]
Last name	Bennet				[sources]
Phone	+12022245852				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	bennet.senate.gov · www.bennetforcolorado.com · facebook.com · facebook.com · michaelbennet.com · 3 more...				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q554792				[sources]
Position	Chief of Staff (2003-2005) · Senate (member, 2009-2011) · Senate (member, 2011-2013) · Senate (member, 2013-2015) · Senate (member, 2015-2017) · 11 more...				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Arts (1987) · Juris Doctor (1993) · St. Albans School (-1983) · Wesleyan University (-1987) · Yale Law School (-1993)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

United States Senator from Colorado since 2009 (born 1964)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-12-13

Relationships

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

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
James Bennet Close Associate	sibling	-	-
Douglas J. Bennet Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2015-01-06	2017-01-03
United States senator	2011-01-06

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Data sources

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,169

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

Russia · MFA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,839

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,928

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata334,036

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,743

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-0d96b45a2670fd68fba33b5772ff68190909b3c2 · ru-mfa-9a53444616d2dc71a7843d3d502b1aa81ea43805 · evpo-0c29758b-e52d-4538-9e18-d0a1adb23198

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