Entity record
George W. BushPerson
George W. Bush is a former politically exposed person (PEP): President of the United States — a Level 1 (Executive) position — recorded from the United States — Former Presidents & Vice Presidents, observed on 2026-07-31. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.
Politically exposed person (PEP)
Apex of state power — head of state/government, cabinet, apex judiciary, top military/intelligence, central bank governor.
George W. Bush is a former politically exposed person: President of the United States — a Level 1 (Executive) position.
Recorded dates in office: 2001-01-20 – 2009-01-20.
Jurisdiction of record: United States.
Retained as a PEP reference for 50 years after leaving office.
- Position
- President of the United States
- Government branch
- Executive (B1)
- Dates in office
- 2001-01-20 – 2009-01-20
Retained as a PEP reference for 50 years after leaving office. A PEP flag requires enhanced due diligence, not asset-freezing — it is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our politically exposed persons reference guide for how the seniority levels, government branches, and current/former decay model work.
Enhanced due diligence
Enhanced Due Diligence Report
Elevated EDD attentionas of 2026-07-31
FreshnessGenerated from source data as of 2026-07-31 — the date this record was last observed in the United States — Former Presidents & Vice Presidents; regenerates when the underlying source data changes.us_formers_apexpublication
List-version anchorList version us_formers_apex@2026-07-31; manifest SHA-256 a5fb9ac9d48f… (signing pending).us_formers_apex
This is an automatically generated screening and research aid, not certified enhanced due diligence. It is compiled from the official public sources cited on this page and reflects those sources as of the date shown — it is not legal advice and not a determination that this person presents, or does not present, risk. A PEP flag indicates a prominent public function requiring enhanced due diligence — a source-attributed classification, not an allegation of wrongdoing and not a sanction. Statements that nothing was found reflect our sources as of the check date and are not a clearance. The regulated institution remains solely responsible for its own due diligence, risk rating, senior-management approval, and source-of-funds verification. Verify independently.
S2 Identity & biographical profile
Canonical nameGeorge W. Bushus_formers_apex
Known aliasesOnly the primary name variant is published by United States — Former Presidents & Vice Presidents.
Date of birth1946-07-06us_formers_apex
Place of birthNew Haven, Connecticutus_formers_apex
Gender (as published)maleus_formers_apex
NationalityUnited Statesus_formers_apex
IdentifiersNone published by our sources.
S3 Position, public function & influence
Office / rolePresident of the United Statesus_formers_apexpublication
Government branchExecutive (B1)us_formers_apexmethodology
Seniority (why this office matters)Level 1 — Apex of state power — head of state/government, cabinet, apex judiciary, top military/intelligence, central bank governor.us_formers_apexmethodology
Term(s) in office2001-01-20 – 2009-01-20us_formers_apex
StatusFormer — derived from the source's recorded end of tenure, never hand-set.us_formers_apexmethodology
S4 PEP classification & methodology
ClassificationLevel 1 (Executive) — Apex of state power — head of state/government, cabinet, apex judiciary, top military/intelligence, central bank governor.us_formers_apexmethodology
A source-attributed classification requiring enhanced due diligence — not an allegation of wrongdoing and not a sanction. The public methodology (levels, branches, decay model) is linked in the source registry below.
Retention & decayOnce former, this classification is retained for 50 years after leaving office (the Level 1 retention window); this record is within that window. EU AMLD requires enhanced measures to continue for at least 12 months after a PEP leaves office; the retention windows applied here are deliberately longer.methodologyEU AMLD
S5 Sanctions & watchlist cross-check
No sanctions or watchlist match found in our resolved corpus for this record as of 2026-07-31 (list version us_formers_apex@2026-07-31). This is not a clearance: it reflects our sources and our precision-first resolution method, and does not discharge an institution's own screening obligations.
S6 Relatives & close associates (RCA)
No relatives or close associates are recorded in our sources as of 2026-07-31. This reflects our current source coverage — not a finding that none exist. FATF R.12 extends EDD obligations to relatives and close associates; institutions must establish these through their own KYC.
S7 Jurisdiction & country-risk context
Jurisdiction of office / nationalityUnited Statesus_formers_apex
FATF statusUnited States is not on the FATF Call-for-Action ("black") or Increased-Monitoring ("grey") lists as of 2026-06-19 (FATF Plenary, Paris, 17-19 June 2026; both statements checked). Source: FATF.FATF listFATF list
Corruption Perceptions IndexUnited States scores 64/100 in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (rank 29; 100 = perceived cleanest) — a published perception measure of public-sector corruption in the jurisdiction. Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (2026) by Transparency International, licensed under CC BY 4.0.TI CPI
Country-risk indicators are published facts about the jurisdiction of office — never a score of, or finding about, this person.
S8 EDD obligation indicators
Indicated EDD postureElevated EDD attention. A deterministic, non-numeric statement of which EDD obligations published regulation attaches to the published classification facts below — not a risk score, not a verdict on this person, and not a substitute for the institution's own risk rating.rubricFATF R.12
InputSeniority: Level 1 (Executive).us_formers_apexmethodology
InputStatus: former office-holder, within the retention window.us_formers_apexmethodology
InputSanctions cross-check: no confirmed designation in our resolved corpus as of 2026-07-31 (see the cross-check section; not a clearance).
InputJurisdiction country-risk status: FATF/CPI indicators are reported in the jurisdiction & country-risk section above, but are not yet an input to this band derivation — rubric v1 derives from seniority, status, and the sanctions cross-check only (when country-risk becomes a rubric input, a FATF-listed jurisdiction elevates the band one step).
Rubric v1.0.0Band derivation (deterministic, code-owned): Level 1 → Higher, Level 2 → Elevated, Level 3/RCA → Standard; a former office-holder within the retention window steps down one band, past it rests at Standard; a resolver-confirmed designation always sets the top band; an unconfirmed status never lowers the band; jurisdiction country-risk indicators are reported in the jurisdiction section but are not yet a band input — FATF-listed-jurisdiction elevation lands with a future rubric version. No numeric score exists anywhere in this derivation.
FATF Recommendation 12 attaches four mandatory measures to foreign PEPs — risk-management systems to determine PEP status; senior-management approval; reasonable measures to establish source of wealth and funds; enhanced ongoing monitoring — and applies them to domestic PEPs and international-organisation officials on a risk-sensitive basis. Foreign-vs-domestic depends on the institution's own jurisdiction, which this report cannot know.FATF R.12
The institution's own risk rating, senior-management approval, and source-of-funds verification remain its sole responsibility (standing notice above).
S9 Source of wealth / source of funds
Not assessed. Source-of-wealth and source-of-funds verification are obligations the regulated institution performs on customer-provided information (FATF R.12(c); EU AMLR Art. 42). They cannot be supplied by a screening-data vendor and are outside the scope of this screening aid.
S10 Adverse media
Not assessed. This report does not include adverse-media screening as of 2026-07-31. The absence of adverse-media content here is not a clean bill and does not discharge an institution's own negative-news screening.
S11 Ongoing monitoring & freshness
Observation windowFirst observed 2026-07-31; last confirmed 2026-07-31.us_formers_apex
Source confirmationConfirmed present in United States — Former Presidents & Vice Presidents list version us_formers_apex@2026-07-31, observed 2026-07-31.us_formers_apex
Decay / retentionRetention posture: former office-holder within the 50-year retention window.methodology
What changes here: the report regenerates whenever this record's source data changes, in the same daily refresh that drives customer re-screening; unchanged data produces a byte-identical report.
Institutions needing change alerts on this record: the screening API offers continuous monitoring — see /about/#api.
S12 Sources, provenance & citations
Every factual claim above carries a citation resolving to a row below (dataset, per-record publication page, jurisdiction-context reference, issuing authority, license, confidence tier, observation dates, list version + manifest hash). A machine-checkable gate rejects any report with an uncited claim.
How to citeHow to cite this report: “George W. Bush — Enhanced Due Diligence Report (ProofAML), as of 2026-07-31. https://proofaml.com/people/george-w-bush-nk13932f77/#edd-report — reflects the official sources listed in the registry.”
| Cited source | Authority · license · tier | Version & observation |
|---|---|---|
| United States — Former Presidents & Vice Presidents | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Presidential Library System; US Senate (Vice President historical record) · Public domain — US Government work (17 U.S.C. §105) Direct government/IGO publisher | v us_formers_apex@2026-07-31 · sha256 a5fb9ac9d48f… · signing pending · 2026-07-31 → 2026-07-31 |
| Publication page for this record (National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Presidential Library System; US Senate (Vice President historical record)) | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Presidential Library System; US Senate (Vice President historical record) · Public domain — US Government work (17 U.S.C. §105) Direct government/IGO publisher | · 2026-07-31 → 2026-07-31 |
| High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action - 19 June 2026 | Financial Action Task Force (FATF) · Public intergovernmental record Jurisdiction-context reference (about the jurisdiction, never this person) | v statement of 2026-06-19 · — → 2026-06-19 |
| Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 19 June 2026 | Financial Action Task Force (FATF) · Public intergovernmental record Jurisdiction-context reference (about the jurisdiction, never this person) | v statement of 2026-06-19 · — → 2026-06-19 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 | Transparency International · CC BY 4.0 — Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (2026) by Transparency International, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Jurisdiction-context reference (about the jurisdiction, never this person) | v CPI 2025 (published 2026-02-10) · — → 2026-02-10 |
| ProofAML PEP classification methodology — seniority levels, government branches, retention/decay windows | ProofAML | |
| ProofAML EDD obligation rubric v1.0.0 (deterministic, code-owned, non-numeric) | ProofAML | |
| FATF Recommendation 12 — politically exposed persons | Financial Action Task Force | |
| EU Anti-Money-Laundering Directive (Directive (EU) 2015/849, as amended), Arts. 20–23 — PEP enhanced due diligence | European Union |
S13 Correction & dispute path
Our dataOur error (wrong merge, stale field, mis-parse): request a correction via /about/#corrections or corrections@proofaml.com — acknowledged and resolved within 5 business days.
Source recordErrors in the underlying official record belong to the issuing authority listed in the registry above — we reflect official lists and are not the issuing authority.
This reportA report that misstates its cited sources is a generation defect (bug severity): use the same correction queue; any generated narrative is pulled to template-only immediately on receipt while investigated.
Automatically generated screening and research aid — not certified due diligence, not an allegation of wrongdoing, not a sanction, and never a clearance. Verify independently.
Key properties
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Nationality
- United States
- Position
- President of the United States
- Gender
- male
Source list & list version
| Source list | List version | Manifest SHA-256 | Status | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States — Former Presidents & Vice PresidentsPEP roster National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Presidential Library System; US Senate (Vice President historical record) | us_formers_apex@2026-07-31 | a5fb9ac9d48f2e14… | List version (signing pending) | — |
About these sources
Former US Presidents and Vice Presidents, sourced from the National Archives (NARA) Presidential Library System and the US Senate's official Vice-President historical record. A PEP source: these individuals are flagged for having held the nation's top executive offices, not for any designation or allegation.
What a match means: A match means this person formerly held the US Presidency or Vice Presidency — a PEP due-diligence trigger reflecting the enduring reputational/influence weight of the office (retained 50 years after leaving office), not an accusation of wrongdoing.
First observed ; last confirmed present in United States — Former Presidents & Vice Presidents list version us_formers_apex@2026-07-31, observed .
Publication of record (National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Presidential Library System; US Senate (Vice President historical record)): https://www.georgewbushlibrary.gov/
This page reflects the official United States — Former Presidents & Vice Presidents, version us_formers_apex@2026-07-31, as observed on 2026-07-31. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.
Request a correction or dispute (distinguishes a data-handling error on our side from the underlying official designation, which is the issuing authority's record).
How to cite this page
George W. Bush. ProofAML. This page reflects the official United States — Former Presidents & Vice Presidents, version us_formers_apex@2026-07-31, as observed on 2026-07-31. ProofAML is not the issuing authority. URL: https://proofaml.com/people/george-w-bush-nk13932f77/
Machine-readable export (FTM + lineage): /data/entities/13.json (record key nk13932f77)