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Michael Castle

Politician

Michael Castle 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	Michael Castle · Michael N. Castle · Mike Castle · Майкл Касл · Майкл Ньюболд Касл · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Castle, Michael · Michael N. Castle · Michael Newbold Castle · Newbold Michael Castle · Касл, Майкл Ньюболд · 5 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	邁克爾·卡斯特				[sources]
Birth date	1939-07-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Wilmington				[sources]
Death date	2025-08-14				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Michael				[sources]
Last name	Castle				[sources]
Middle name	N.				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q645215				[sources]
Position	Governor of Delaware · House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · Lieutenant Governor of Delaware · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Georgetown University Law Center · Hamilton College · Tower Hill School				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (1939–2025)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-08-27

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
James Manderson Castle Close Associate	father	-	-
Louisa Johnston Bache Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2007	2009
Member of the Delaware House of Representatives	-

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,825

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,330

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United States · Congress

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions516,108

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,579

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-c86eb83dd340ba7f2a7d528b80674579ba896021 · evpo-7beac617-6704-4b79-9aa6-cf1131a68246

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