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Herb Kohl

PEP · Politician

Herb Kohl 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	Herb Kohl · Herbert Kohl · Герб Коль · הרברט קוהל · هرب کوهل · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Herbert H. Kohl · Herbert Kohl · Kohl, Herbert · Герб Коль · Герберт «Герб» Коль · 9 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Kohl · 赫伯·柯爾 · 赫伯特·科爾				[sources]
Birth date	1935-02-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Milwaukee				[sources]
Death date	2023-12-27				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Herbert				[sources]
Last name	Kohl				[sources]
Middle name	H.				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	kohl.senate.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q560447				[sources]
Position	Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2009) · Senate (member, 2009-2011) · Senate (member, 2011-2013) · United States senator (1989-1991) · 13 more...				[sources]
Education	Harvard Business School (-1958) · Harvard University · University of Wisconsin–Madison (-1956) · Washington High School				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (1935–2023)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Dan Kohl Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2011	2013

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,321

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United States · Congress

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Wikidata328,063

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,331

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-69ba54362056700bcd3644c1e996af7f59604682 · evpo-cdef9716-ed50-4848-b21a-317da0d3a3ff

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