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Dan Coats

Diplomat · Politician

Dan Coats 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	Dan Coats · Daniel Coats · Daniel Ray Coats · Ден Коутс · Дэн Коутс · 6 more...				[sources]
Alias	Coats, Daniel · Dan Coats · Daniel Coats · Daniel Ray "Dan" Coats · Daniel Ray Coats · 12 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Coats				[sources]
Birth date	1943-05-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Jackson				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Dan · Daniel				[sources]
Last name	Coats				[sources]
Middle name	RAY				[sources]
Political association	Republican Party				[sources]
Website	www.coats.senate.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q632321				[sources]
Position	Director of National Intelligence (2017-2019) · Senate (member, 2011-2013) · Senate (member, 2013-2015) · Senate (member, 2015-2017) · United States Ambassador to Germany (2001-2005) · 13 more...				[sources]
Education	Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (-1971) · Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · Jackson High School (-1961) · Wheaton College (-1965) · primary school				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-23	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

5th Director of National Intelligence, former United States Senator from Indiana

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Director of National Intelligence	2017-03-16	2019-08-15

Data sources

US Members of the Congress1,320

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,188

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,240

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-685acbe5-736d-43b0-99f3-ece63fe22a4d · us-congress-0668ac19aad54f11b5ffda7e80605d9d026b22f9

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