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Chris Smith

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Chris Smith 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	Chris Smith · Christopher H. Smith · Крис Смит · Кріс Сміт · כריסטופר סמית' · 6 more...				[sources]
Alias	Chris Smith · Christopher Henry Smith · Smith, Christopher · Крис Смит · כריסטופר סמית' · 8 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1953-03-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Rahway				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Christopher				[sources]
Last name	Smith				[sources]
Middle name	H.				[sources]
Phone	+12022253765				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	chrissmith.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q981167				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · 24 more...				[sources]
Education	St. Mary's High School · The College of New Jersey (-1975) · Worcester College (-1974)				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

US congressman

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-05-22

New Jersey politician from the United States

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
China	Ministry of Foreign Affairs		2020-07-13	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Marie Smith Close Associate	spouse	-	-

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

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Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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

US Members of the Congress1,334

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

United States · Congress

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,064

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,388

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-d8e7f02a-f5e9-403a-bd43-6c6ddc722cf9 · us-congress-bc13d2c057bb47d94246ba42758adfe3c9447d08

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