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.

51,523 PEP records from 17 public sources. The seniority Levels and government Branches below follow our information about source records.

By seniority level

By government branch

Legislature (B2) · 29,074
Subnational legislature (B8) · 11,302
Executive (B1) · 10,875
Central bank (B5) · 222
International organizations (B7) · 31
Military/Security (B4) · 17
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) · 539 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 · 11,116 entities UK Parliament — Members of the Commons and Lords (current & former)UK Parliament (Members API / Members Names Information Service) · 5,130 entities Parliament of Canada — MPs (current & former) and Senators (current)House of Commons of Canada / Senate of Canada · 1,259 entities German Bundestag — Members (all electoral terms since 1949)Deutscher Bundestag · 4,580 entities French Parliament — Assemblée nationale & Sénat membersAssemblée nationale / Sénat (République française) · 4,007 entities National Congress of Brazil — Chamber of Deputies & Federal Senate membersCâmara dos Deputados / Senado Federal (Brasil) · 5,958 entities US State & Territorial Officials — Legislators, Governors & Statewide ExecutivesPlural (Open States people database) + National Governors Association · 11,302 entities Sveriges Riksdag — Members of Parliament (current & former)Sveriges riksdag (Swedish Parliament) · 1,674 entities Stortinget — Members of Parliament (current & former, 2005—)Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament) · 503 entities Staten-Generaal — Members of the Tweede & Eerste Kamer (current & former)Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (gegevensmagazijn) · 831 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 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) · 861 entities Parliament of India — Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha (sitting members)Digital Sansad / Parliament of India (sansad.in) · 756 entities

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