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Roy Cooper

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Roy Cooper 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	Roy Asberry Cooper III · Roy Cooper · Ρόι Κούπερ · Рой Купер · Ռոյ Քուփեր · 8 more...				[sources]
Alias	Roy A. Cooper · Roy A. Cooper III · Roy Asberry Cooper · Roy Asberry Cooper III · Ρόι Άσμπερι Κούπερ ΙΙΙ · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	罗伊·库珀 · 羅伊·庫珀				[sources]
Birth date	1957-06-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Nashville				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	State government (past)				[sources]
First name	Roy				[sources]
Last name	Cooper				[sources]
Political association	Democratic				[sources]
Website	www.roycooper.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7372694				[sources]
Position	Governor of North Carolina (2017-2025) · Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1987-1991) · Member of the North Carolina Senate (1991-2001) · North Carolina Attorney General (2001-2017) · губернатор штата Северная Каролина				[sources]
Education	Northern Nash High School · University of North Carolina School of Law · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill				[sources]
Source link	pluralpolicy.com				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-15	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

American attorney and politician (born 1957)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-25

Relationships

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

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kristin Cooper Politician	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Governor of North Carolina	2017	2025
Governor of North Carolina	2017-01-01

Data sources

US Legislators by Plural (formerly OpenStates)12,437

Open data on state legislators in the United States of America.

United States · Plural · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,142

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,043

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

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata353,726

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,890

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ru-mfa-c278b6b80de8b0ee053e9c19b04e9c8dd1c229c7 · plural-77aa39ad9ec865276f068592e77719fd83ab4dd5

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