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CIA World Leaders — Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments

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PEP roster The CIA's 'Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments' directory — current and former heads of state/government, cabinet ministers, central-bank governors and ambassadors for nearly every country — used as the generalized PEP source for jurisdictions without a dedicated national roster.

A match means this person holds or held senior foreign-government office — a standard PEP due-diligence trigger, not an accusation of wrongdoing.

11,116 canonical entities are backed by this source, issued by US Central Intelligence Agency.

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Issuing authority
US Central Intelligence Agency
Official list
https://www.cia.gov/resources/world-leaders/foreign-governments/
License
Public domain — U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. §105)
Public redistribution
Permitted
Fetch cadence
Scheduled refresh; cadence varies by source
Publisher snapshot date
Not available
Source reference
us_cia_world_leaders@2026-09-12
Data fingerprint (SHA-256)
165d755c7e6364ff34b4b095d3bb1c98bb6a1e6bae4b3ded3f1fd2bfc836cab3
Signing
Unsigned source snapshot
Canonical entities backed
11,116
Shared with other lists
0 shared · 11,116 on this list only

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