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Joel Hefley

Politician

Joel Hefley 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	Joel Hefley · ג'ואל הפלי · چويل هيفلى · 喬爾·赫夫利				[sources]
Other name	Hefley, Joel · Joel M. Hefley · Joel Maurice Hefley				[sources]
Birth date	1935-04-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Ardmore				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Joel				[sources]
Last name	Hefley				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1485805				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · member of the Colorado House of Representatives (1977-1978) · member of the State Senate of Colorado · member of the United States House of Representatives (1987-1989) · member of the United States House of Representatives (1987-2007) · 9 more...				[sources]
Education	Harvard University (-1984) · Oklahoma Baptist University (-1957) · Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (-1962)				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Lynn Hefley Politician	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2005-01-06	2007-01-03
member of the State Senate of Colorado	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,099

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,785

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US Members of the Congress1,257

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Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata350,129

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,419

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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