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Rod Blum

Politician

Rod Blum 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	Rod Blum · Род Блам · رود بلوم · ロッド・ブルーム · 羅德·布拉姆				[sources]
Other name	Blum, Rod · Rodney Leland Blum · Род Блам · رود بلوم · ロッド・ブルーム · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1955-04-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Dubuque				[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)				[sources]
First name	Rod				[sources]
Last name	Blum				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	www.rodblum.com · blum.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q18684853				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · House of Representatives (member, 2017-2019) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2015-2017) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2017-2019)				[sources]
Education	Dubuque Senior High School (-1973) · Loras College (-1977) · University of Dubuque (-1989)				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

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

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2017-01-03	2019-01-03
United States representative	2015-01-06

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