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Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Politician

Denis Sassou-Nguesso 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	Deni Sassu-Nqesso · Deni Sasu Ngeso · Denis Sassou Nguesso · Denis Sassou-Nguesso · Denī Sasū Ngeso · 17 more...				[sources]
Other name	Deniss Sasū Ngeso · Dennis Sassou-Nguesso · Denī Sasū-Ngeso · Sassou Nguesso · Ντενί Σασσού-Νγκεσό · 8 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Nguesso · Sassou-Nguesso · Сассу-Нгессо · ドゥニ・サス＝ンゲソ · 德尼·萨索·恩格索				[sources]
Birth date	1943-11-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Edou				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Congo-Brazzaville				[sources]
Citizenship	Congo-Brazzaville				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Denis				[sources]
Last name	Sassou-Nguesso				[sources]
Title	Son Excellence Monsieur				[sources]
Website	presidence.cg				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57418				[sources]
Position	Chairperson of the African Union (2006-2007) · President · President of the Republic of the Congo (1997-) · Vice President of the Republic of the Congo · chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity (1986-1987)				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Ethnicity	Mbosi people				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-14	Last processed	2025-11-14	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of the Republic of the Congo (1979–1992; 1997–present)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-07-27

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso Politician	child · father	-	-
Stella Mensah Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President	1997	-
President of the Republic of the Congo	1997-10-25

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Jean-Jacques Bouya Politician	relative	-	-
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso Politician	spouse	-	-

Data sources

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,081

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US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government868

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,163

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories360,954

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US CIA World Leaders11,031

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United States · CIA

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,700

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Wikidata333,862

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-congo-republic-of-the-denis-sassou-nguesso-president · unprot-ca90c3feaf2bd346dabf9dc74849d8881878b22d · unprot-1d82b3ddc7ea02f140fae8fc9c059c9cfba7e6fd · unprot-f1c286f623ecfcd9d523e0e8b0d0c5c22c33bd61 · unprot-a00b60614b35263d3381716ae42746f591c390ad

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