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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:
Total1,504,680
Searchable712,082
Targets528,001
Entity types:
People528,001
Positions179,737
Legal entities2,435
Companies1,595
Organizations213
Addresses101
Countries:
251 countries · Show overview...
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:2025-01-21 15:27:02
Last change:

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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 entities627.46 MB
names.txtTarget names text file21.13 MB
pep-positions.jsonPEP position occupancy summary (Early preview)22.49 MB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format467.81 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON914.26 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV110.08 MB

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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.

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Data sources57

Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) is a collection which bundles together entities from 57 data sources. See the source browser for more details...

NameCountryEntities
Argentina Members of ParliamentArgentina257
Armenia Public Officials and AssociatesArmenia8,600
Austria Public OfficialsAustria1,626
Brazil Politically Exposed PersonsBrazil135,148
Cayman Islands Members of ParliamentCaymans62
Cayman Islands Senior Judicial OfficersCaymans20
China National People's Congress on WikipediaGlobal2,946
Colombian Joining the Dots PEPsColombia188
Colombian PEP DeclarationsColombia17,588
Croatia State Registry of Public OfficialsCroatia5,059
Cuba Members of the ParliamentCuba471
Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPsDenmark1,905
Estonia Members of the RiigikoguEstonia102
EU Prominent Public FunctionsEuropean Union1,392
European Commitee of the Regions MembersEuropean Union952
European Parliament MembersEuropean Union933
Every Politician58,777
French MayorsFrance68,832
French National AssemblyFrance4,042
French SenatorsFrance908
Georgia Public Official Asset DeclarationsGeorgia23,666
German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatchGermany2,640
Hong Kong Legislative Council MembersHong Kong192
Hong Kong Principal OfficialsHong Kong52
Iceland parliamentIceland38
Indonesia 2018 Regional Head Election ResultsIndonesia652
Israel Knesset MembersIsrael474
Latvian SaeimaLatvia101
Lithuania Members of the SeimasLithuania142
Lithuania PEPs from the register of private interestsLithuania67,088
Mexico Chamber of DeputiesMexico501
Mexico GovernorsMexico88
Mexico SenateMexico129
Netherlands House of RepresentativesNetherlands151
Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP RelativesNigeria4,391
Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons data by ChipperNigeria40,807
North Macedonia Elected and Appointed OfficialsNorth Macedonia10,542
PEPs from Chile Interest and Asset DeclarationsChile7,486
Romania FIU Public OfficialsRomania83
Singapore Government DirectorySingapore2,078
Slovakia Public OfficialsSlovakia2,753
Slovenian Political Officials from ZvezoskopSlovenia372
South Africa Municipal LeadershipSouth Africa1,538
South Africa National and Provincial LegislatorsSouth Africa1,948
Thailand Cabinet of MinistersThailand65
Türkiye Grand National AssemblyTürkiye594
UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,048
United States Periodically Listing Updates to Management (PLUM) ReportingUnited States12,463
Uruguayan Politically Exposed Persons (PEP)Uruguay6,814
US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and GovernmentUnited States883
US CIA World LeadersUnited States11,067
US Legislators by Plural (formerly OpenStates)United States12,432
US Members of the CongressUnited States1,251
US Navy LeadershipUnited States608
US State Department Senior OfficialsUnited States594
Venezuela Members of the National AssemblyVenezuela275
Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons247,563
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