{"publisher":"NovaCopilot","source":{"name":"U.S. Department of Justice","url":"https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-fraud/fcpa-resource-guide"},"license":"https://legal.exploreworldai.com/revision","id":"us-federal:fcpa-who-is-foreign-official","jurisdiction":"United States","level":"federal","area":"fcpa","question":"Who can be a foreign official under the FCPA?","answer":"The term includes an officer or employee of a foreign government, department, agency or instrumentality, a public international organization, and a person acting in an official capacity for one of them. Whether an entity is a government instrumentality depends on the facts.","reference":"15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1(f)(1), 78dd-2(h)(2) and 78dd-3(f)(2)","authority":"U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission","legalKind":"statute","status":"In force","readAt":"2026-09-22","registerHook":"doj-fcpa-guide","relatedRules":["fcpa"],"relatedCases":[],"canonical":"https://legal.exploreworldai.com/us/federal/questions/fcpa-who-is-foreign-official","version":"us-federal-obligations-v1.0.0","hash":"sha256:9e4cc6fd6d1f30fbb588afc7f241ef863e18da8d20a67479d7b749a4fd040423"}