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Byron Dorgan

PEP · Politician

Byron Dorgan 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	Byron Dorgan · Byron L. Dorgan · Байрон Дорган · ביירון דורגן · بايرون دورغان · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Byron Leslie Dorgan · Dorgan, Byron · Leslie Byron Dorgan · Байрон Дорган · Дорган Байрон · 6 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Dorgan · Дорган				[sources]
Birth date	1942-05-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Dickinson				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Byron · Leslie				[sources]
Last name	Dorgan				[sources]
Middle name	LESLIE				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	dorgan.senate.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q555735				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2009) · Senate (member, 2009-2011) · United States senator (1992-1993) · United States senator (1993-1995) · 17 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Denver (-1966) · University of North Dakota (-1964)				[sources]
Religion	Lutheranism				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-05	Last processed	2026-04-05	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American author, businessman, and politician (born 1942)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-26

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2007-01-06	2009-01-03

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,703

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,321

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United States · Congress

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Wikidata328,139

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,418

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-78984ec3-b3e1-4035-8a96-403b9c49e10a · us-congress-6673a48937221e043c0351325fe826df58b84929

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