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Alan Keyes

American politician (born 1950)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Alan Lee Keyes is an American politician, political scientist, and perennial candidate who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987. A member of the Republican Party, Keyes sought the nomination for President of the United States in 1996, 2000, and 2008.

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The public source identifies “Alan Keyes” as american politician (born 1950). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Alan, Keyes and American.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 1987, 1996, 2000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Alan, Keyes and American providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Alan Keyes”, the useful work is to connect “american politician (born 1950)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1985, 1987, 1996 and 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alan Keyes” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.