JSON

Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)

A politically exposed person (PEP) is a person that has been entrusted with a prominent public function. PEPs include elected officials and members of government.

This collection contains data about politically exposed persons (PEPs) from multiple sources. We include lists of office-holders both directly from official sources like governments and also from third-party sources that have been aggregated by other organizations.

Data overview

Entities:
Total1,369,309
Searchable604,303
Targets416,530
Entity types:
People447,866
Positions106,383
Organizations34,216
Companies15,739
Addresses99
Countries:
253 countries · Show overview...
Last changed:
Last checked: · updated daily

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities613.32 MB
names.txtTarget names text file56.15 MB
pep-positions.jsonPEP position occupancy summary (Early preview)20.24 MB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format479.49 MB
statistics.jsonDataset statistics25.42 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON730.88 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV87.56 MB

Help: Using the data · format reference · get support · commercial licensing

Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Data sources40

Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) is a collection dataset which bundles together entities from the following sources:

NameCountryEntities
Argentina Members of ParliamentArgentina258
Austria Public Officials from Meine AbgeordnetenAustria1,528
Brazil Politically Exposed PersonsBrazil134,789
Cayman Islands Members of ParliamentCayman Islands62
Cayman Islands senior judicial officersCayman Islands21
CIA World Factbook heads of state and governmentUnited States1,205
CIA World LeadersUnited States11,181
Colombia Joining the Dots PEPsColombia188
Colombian Administrative Department of Public Service PEP DeclarationsColombia10,294
Estonia Members of the RiigikoguEstonia102
EU Prominent Public FunctionsEuropean Union1,392
Every Politician59,045
French MayorsFrance69,768
French National AssemblyFrance3,976
French SenatorsFrance1,026
Hong Kong Principal OfficialsHong Kong SAR China52
Indonesia 2018 Regional Head Election ResultsIndonesia652
Israel Knesset membersIsrael497
Latvian SaeimaLatvia101
Lithuania Members of the SeimasLithuania141
Members of German Legislatures from AbgeordnetenWatchGermany2,646
Members of the European Commitee of the RegionsEuropean Union610
Members of the European ParliamentEuropean Union923
Members of the Hong Kong Legislative CouncilHong Kong SAR China190
Members of the National Assembly of VenezuelaVenezuela275
Members of the Parliament of CubaCuba471
Members of the United States CongressUnited States1,254
Mexico's deputiesMexico501
Mexico's governorsMexico91
Mexico's senatorsMexico128
Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP RelativesNigeria4,403
Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons data by ChipperNigeria42,765
North Macedonia elected and appointed officialsNorth Macedonia9,611
PEPs from Chile interest and asset declarationsChile6,741
RuPEP Public Database of PEPs in Russia and BelarusRussia86,480
Slovenian political officials from ZvezoskopSlovenia367
Uruguayan Politically Exposed Persons (PEP)Uruguay6,814
US Legislators by Plural (formerly OpenStates)United States11,517
US State Department Senior OfficialsUnited States594
Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,405