Politically exposed persons

Politically exposed persons (PEPs)

A PEP flag is a risk classification for enhanced due diligence — not a prohibition, and not an allegation of wrongdoing. Most PEPs are never sanctioned. It marks a person who, by holding a prominent public function, warrants extra scrutiny; it is ProofAML's source-attributed classification, not a government designation. Sanctioned parties live on the sanctions hub.

51,751 PEP records from 21 public sources. The seniority Levels and government Branches below follow our PEP levelling framework.

By seniority level

By government branch

Legislature (B2) · 29,238
Subnational legislature (B8) · 11,342
Executive (B1) · 10,669
Central bank (B5) · 219
International organizations (B7) · 204
Relatives & close associates (RCA) · 63
Military/Security (B4) · 14
Judiciary (B3) · 2

By jurisdiction

PEP source lists

European Parliament — Members (MEPs)European Parliament · 719 entities United States Congress — Current MembersUnited States Congress (compiled by the @unitedstates open-data project) · 537 entities UN System Chief Executives Board — Executive HeadsUN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) · 31 entities CIA World Leaders — Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsUS Central Intelligence Agency · 10,889 entities UK Parliament — Members of the Commons and Lords (current & former)UK Parliament (Members API / Members Names Information Service) · 5,111 entities Parliament of Canada — MPs (current & former) and Senators (current)House of Commons of Canada / Senate of Canada · 1,260 entities Parliament of Australia — Members and Senators (current, via the Australian Government Directory)Australian Government Directory (Department of Finance) · 194 entities German Bundestag — Members (all electoral terms since 1949)Deutscher Bundestag · 4,580 entities French Parliament — Assemblée nationale & Sénat membersAssemblée nationale / Sénat (République française) · 4,002 entities National Congress of Brazil — Chamber of Deputies & Federal Senate membersCâmara dos Deputados / Senado Federal (Brasil) · 5,956 entities US State & Territorial Officials — Legislators, Governors & Statewide ExecutivesPlural (Open States people database) + National Governors Association · 11,342 entities International Organization Officials — Official Leadership PagesOfficial leadership/governance pages of the covered international organizations · 173 entities Sveriges Riksdag — Members of Parliament (current & former)Sveriges riksdag (Swedish Parliament) · 1,673 entities Stortinget — Members of Parliament (current & former, 2005—)Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament) · 505 entities Staten-Generaal — Members of the Tweede & Eerste Kamer (current & former)Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (gegevensmagazijn) · 830 entities Sejm RP — Members of Parliament (terms 7—10, current & former)Kancelaria Sejmu RP (Chancellery of the Sejm) · 1,070 entities Senato della Repubblica — Senators (legislatures 15—19, current & former)Senato della Repubblica (Italian Senate) · 1,187 entities United States — Former Presidents & Vice PresidentsNational Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Presidential Library System; US Senate (Vice President historical record) · 15 entities United States Congress — Former Members (within 20-year retention)United States Congress (compiled by the @unitedstates open-data project); Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (bioguide.congress.gov) · 858 entities Parliament of India — Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha (sitting members)Digital Sansad / Parliament of India (sansad.in) · 756 entities Official first-family & head-of-state relationships (RCA)Official head-of-state / royal-household publications (per-record) · 63 entities

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