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Pete Buttigieg

Military · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Pete Buttigieg is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Pete Buttigieg · Peter Buttigieg · Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg · Πιτ Μπούτιτζετζ · Пит Бутиџиџ · 11 more...				[sources]
Other name	Bürgermeister Pete · Mayor Pete · Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg · Δήμαρχος Πιτ · Πήτερ Μπούτιτζετζ · 6 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	查斯坦·布塔加智				[sources]
Birth date	1982-01-19				[sources]
Place of birth	South Bend				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
First name	Montgomery · Paul · Pete · Peter				[sources]
Last name	Buttigieg				[sources]
Website	www.peteforamerica.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7173106				[sources]
Position	Mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012-2020) · United States Secretary of Transportation (2021-2025) · министр транспорта США				[sources]
Education	Harvard College (-2004) · Pembroke College · St. Joseph's High School				[sources]
Religion	Anglicanism				[sources]
Ethnicity	Maltese American				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

American politician (born 1982)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-17

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Russia	Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Chasten Buttigieg Politician	spouse	2018-06-16	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States Secretary of Transportation	2021-02-03	2025-01-20

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories363,068

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,169

A list of US citizens under personal sanctions by the Russian Federation.

Russia · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,144

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata335,609

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ru-mfa-f271a25c2a36ad4eb0e7a3119ae23d9da166c2f8

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