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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:
Total1,498,990
Searchable707,887
Targets480,314
Entity types:
People525,733
Positions177,877
Legal entities2,400
Companies1,563
Organizations215
Addresses99
Countries:
251 countries · Show overview...
Coverage:added · update frequency: daily · every 12 hours
Last processed:2024-11-21 00:27:06
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 entities618.26 MB
names.txtTarget names text file20.73 MB
pep-positions.jsonPEP position occupancy summary (Early preview)22.49 MB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format461.56 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON834.49 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV98.8 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.

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

Data sources54

Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) is a collection which bundles together entities from 54 data sources. See the source browser for more details...

NameCountryEntities
Argentina Members of ParliamentArgentina257
Armenia Public Officials and AssociatesArmenia8,600
Austria Public OfficialsAustria1,624
Brazil Politically Exposed PersonsBrazil134,642
Cayman Islands Members of ParliamentCaymans62
Cayman Islands Senior Judicial OfficersCaymans20
China National People's Congress on WikipediaGlobal2,941
Colombian Joining the Dots PEPsColombia188
Colombian PEP DeclarationsColombia16,799
Croatia State Registry of Public OfficialsCroatia4,970
Cuba Members of the ParliamentCuba471
Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPsDenmark1,886
Estonia Members of the RiigikoguEstonia101
EU Prominent Public FunctionsEuropean Union1,392
European Commitee of the Regions MembersEuropean Union942
European Parliament MembersEuropean Union935
Every Politician58,911
French MayorsFrance68,832
French National AssemblyFrance3,994
French SenatorsFrance912
Georgia Public Official Asset DeclarationsGeorgia23,533
German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatchGermany2,642
Hong Kong Legislative Council MembersHong Kong190
Hong Kong Principal OfficialsHong Kong52
Iceland parliamentIceland64
Indonesia 2018 Regional Head Election ResultsIndonesia652
Israel Knesset MembersIsrael474
Latvian SaeimaLatvia101
Lithuania Members of the SeimasLithuania142
Lithuania PEPs from the register of private interestsLithuania66,249
Mexico Chamber of DeputiesMexico501
Mexico GovernorsMexico88
Mexico SenateMexico129
Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP RelativesNigeria4,403
Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons data by ChipperNigeria40,807
North Macedonia Elected and Appointed OfficialsNorth Macedonia10,392
PEPs from Chile Interest and Asset DeclarationsChile7,242
Singapore Government DirectorySingapore1,757
Slovenian Political Officials from ZvezoskopSlovenia372
South Africa Municipal LeadershipSouth Africa1,538
South Africa National and Provincial LegislatorsSouth Africa1,943
Thailand Cabinet of MinistersThailand65
Türkiye Grand National AssemblyTürkiye594
UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,050
United States Periodically Listing Updates to Management (PLUM) ReportingUnited States12,466
Uruguayan Politically Exposed Persons (PEP)Uruguay6,814
US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and GovernmentUnited States920
US CIA World LeadersUnited States11,071
US Legislators by Plural (formerly OpenStates)United States11,528
US Members of the CongressUnited States1,263
US Navy LeadershipUnited States609
US State Department Senior OfficialsUnited States612
Venezuela Members of the National AssemblyVenezuela274
Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,649
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