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Phil Bredesen

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Phil Bredesen 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	Phil Bredesen · Philip Norman Bredesen Jr · Фил Бредисен · Філ Бредесен · פיל ברדסן · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Philip Bredesen · Philip N. Bredesen · Philip Norman Bredesen				[sources]
Weak alias	Bredesen				[sources]
Birth date	1943-11-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Oceanport				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	Local government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Phil				[sources]
Last name	Bredesen				[sources]
Website	www.bredesen.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q724001				[sources]
Position	Former Governor of Tennessee · Governor of Tennessee (2003-2011) · Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee				[sources]
Education	Harvard University				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2024-03-26

Descriptions

Governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-02

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Andrea Conte Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories363,068

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · 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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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,777

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata335,609

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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