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Joaquin Castro

Politician

Joaquin Castro is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Joaquin Castro · Joaquín Castro · Хоакин Кастро · Хоакін Кастро · חואקין קסטרו · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Castro, Joaquin · Joaquín Castro · Хоакин Кастро · Хоакін Кастро · جوکوین کاسترو · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ホアキン・カストロ · ヨアキン・カストロ				[sources]
Birth date	1974-09-16				[sources]
Place of birth	San Antonio				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Joaquin · Joaquín				[sources]
Last name	Castro				[sources]
Phone	+12022253236				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	castro.house.gov · castro.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1167934				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · House of Representatives (member, 2017-2019) · House of Representatives (member, 2019-) · member of the Texas House of Representatives · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Harvard Law School · Stanford University · Thomas Jefferson High School				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

politician from San Antonio, Texas, United States

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2013-01-06	2015-01-03
United States representative	2025

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Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Rosie Castro Politician	child · mother	-	-
Julián Castro Politician	identical twin brother · sibling	-	-

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,547

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US Members of the Congress1,329

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,783

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions516,192

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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