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Bob Menendez

Person of interest · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Bob Menendez 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	Bob Menendez · Robert Menendez · Μπομπ Μενέντεζ · Боб Менендез · Боб Менендес · 8 more...				[sources]
Alias	Bob Menendez · Menendez, Robert · Robert "Bob" Menendez · Robert Menendez · Robert Menéndez · 14 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	鲍勃·梅嫩德斯				[sources]
Birth date	1954-01-01				[sources]
Place of birth	New York City				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Bob · Robert				[sources]
Last name	Menendez · Menéndez				[sources]
Phone	+12022244744				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	menendez.senate.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com · www.menendez.senate.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q888132				[sources]
Position	Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives (2003-2006) · Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman of the United States House of Representatives (1999-2003) · Mayor of Union City, New Jersey (1986-1992) · Member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1988-1991) · Member of the State Senate of New Jersey (1991-1993) · 28 more...				[sources]
Education	Rutgers Law School · Rutgers School of Law–Newark (-1979) · Rutgers University · Saint Peter's University (-1976) · Union Hill High School (-1972)				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American lawyer and politician (born 1954)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

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

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Rob Menendez Politician	child · father	-	-
Nadine Arslanian Menendez Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2019-01-03	2021-01-03

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Data sources

US Members of the Congress1,319

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United States · Congress

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,993

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

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

Iran · MFA

Every Politician57,736

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,128

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata355,754

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,831

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-a10c44f7040f7cb65d30b51c6ad507635bdee7b8 · evpo-c6c4fcd9-7666-4e2b-a0d9-8ecee4614c03 · ir-san-ee3044f7ba8c7ebc896a99359f4963536fb90deb

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