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Wilbur Louis Ross

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Wilbur Louis Ross 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	Wilbur L. Ross Jr. · Wilbur Louis Ross · Wilbur Ross · Γουίλμπουρ Ρος · Вилбур Рос · 8 more...				[sources]
Other name	Wilbur L. Ross · Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. · Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. · Wilbur Louis Ross, Jr. · Росс, Уилбур · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1937-11-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Weehawken				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
First name	Wilbur				[sources]
Last name	Ross				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q8000233				[sources]
Position	Former United States Secretary of Commerce (The Trump Administration) · United States Secretary of Commerce (2017-2021)				[sources]
Education	Harvard Business School (-1961) · Jonathan Edwards College · Xavier High School · Yale College · Yale University (-1959)				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-03	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

US Secretary of Commerce

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-03-08

United States 39th Secretary of Commerce

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-02-26

Relationships

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

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Hilary Geary Ross Close Associate	spouse	2004	-
Betsy McCaughey Politician	spouse	1995	2000

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States Secretary of Commerce	2017-02-28	2021-01-20

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,224

Profiles of politically exposed persons 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

China Sanctions Research218

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

China · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,645

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata333,111

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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