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Erik Dean Prince

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Erik Dean Prince 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.Erik Dean Prince is a family member or associate of a politically exposed person. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Erik Dean Prince · Erik Prince · Ерік Принс · Эрик ПРИНС · Эрик Принс · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	Erik D. Prince · Erik Dean Prince				[sources]
Weak alias	エリック・D・プリンス · エリック・ディーン・プリンス · 埃里克·普林斯				[sources]
Birth date	1969-06-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Holland				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	Erik				[sources]
Last name	Prince				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q749887				[sources]
Position	founder Blackwater (now “Academy”) former U.S. Navy Officer · «Акэдэми» · «Зи сервис» · соучредитель частных военных компаний «Блэкуотер»				[sources]
Education	Hillsdale College · Holland Christian High School · Holland Christian Schools · United States Naval Academy				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Last change	2025-05-23	Last processed	2025-06-11	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

American businessman, former US Navy SEAL officer and the founder of the private military company Blackwater

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-03-06

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-
Russia	Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Betsy DeVos Politician	sibling	-	-

Data sources

Iran Sanctions List405

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

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Entities of Interest3,963

Persons of interest profiles from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

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

Russia · MFA

External databases

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Wikidata350,240

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ir-san-6b4300caaeff0c20ca267fd2612398210021da0d · ru-mfa-5f2ba486674ad4733fcd4eee7d91009c77bf0d24

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