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John Walsh

Military · Politician

John Walsh 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 E. Walsh · John Walsh · ג'ון וולש · جان والش · جون والش · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	John E. Walsh · John Edward Walsh · John Walsh · Walsh, John · ג'ון וולש · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1960-11-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Butte				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Last name	Walsh				[sources]
Middle name	E.				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	bioguide.congress.gov · www.walsh.senate.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6262874				[sources]
Position	Lieutenant Governor of Montana (2013-2014) · Senate (member, 2013-2015) · United States senator (2014-2015)				[sources]
Education	Butte High School (-1979) · Carroll College · Excelsior College · United States Army Command and General Staff College · United States Army War College · 1 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-27	Last processed	2026-02-24	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1960)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-27

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2014	2015

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,199

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,320

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United States · Congress

External databases

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Wikidata326,240

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,060

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-34dd7898b1f7bb20e778aa894bc5db9f7ecb14b1 · evpo-f0029bce-b551-4431-8ec5-de49380ac9c2

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