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Raja Krishnamoorthi

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Raja Krishnamoorthi 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	Raja Krishnamoorthi · Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi · Раджа КРИШНАМУРТИ · Раджа Крішнамурті · ראג'ה קרישנאמורת'י · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Krishnamoorthi, Raja · Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi · राजा कृष्णमूर्ति · রাজা কৃষ্ণমূর্তি · সুব্রহ্মণ্যন রাজা কৃষ্ণমূর্তি · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	拉賈·克利什納穆希 · 拉賈·克莉絲那穆莉 · 拉贾·克里斯纳莫莫蒂				[sources]
Birth date	1973-07-19				[sources]
Place of birth	New Delhi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Raja				[sources]
Last name	Krishnamoorthi				[sources]
Phone	+12022253711				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · krishnamoorthi.house.gov · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7285471				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2017-2019) · House of Representatives (member, 2019-) · member of the United States House of Representatives · конгрессмен-демократ от штата Иллинойс				[sources]
Education	Harvard Law School · Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science · Richwoods High School				[sources]
Religion	Hinduism				[sources]
Ethnicity	Tamil Americans				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American lawyer and politician (born 1973)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-09-17

Relationships

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

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2025	-
United States representative	2017

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,135

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,581

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

Every Politician57,742

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,334

Current and recent members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives

United States · Congress

External databases

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Wikidata386,966

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,984

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ru-mfa-94262013de41aa963f4b235610ac6e6316d9a93c · evpo-a0d75be7-d958-4a88-b921-9faf2bf1d41c · us-congress-2e71880a0eadaf7a887906de0df91528dc767109

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