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John Kissel

PEP · Politician

John Kissel 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	John Kissel				[sources]
Alias	J. Kissel · J.A. Kissel · John A. Kissel · John Andrew Kissel · Kissel, J. · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1959				[sources]
Place of birth	Worcester				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	State government (current)				[sources]
Email	john.a.kissel@cga.ct.gov				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Last name	Kissel				[sources]
Political association	Republican · Republican Party				[sources]
Title	Chief Deputy Senate Republican Leader				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6243239				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	member of the State Senate of Connecticut (1993-)				[sources]
Education	University of Connecticut · Western New England University · Western New England University School of Law				[sources]
Source link	pluralpolicy.com				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

American politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons290,364

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories357,534

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Legislators by Plural (formerly OpenStates)11,501

Open data on state legislators in the United States of America.

United States · Plural · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata343,860

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,386

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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