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Joe Heck

Politician

Joe Heck 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	Joe Heck · Joseph J. Heck · Джо Хек · Джозеф Джон Хек · ג'ו הק · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Heck, Joseph · Joe Heck · Joseph John Heck · Джо Хек · Хек, Джозеф Джон · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1961-10-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Jamaica				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Joe · John · Joseph				[sources]
Last name	Heck				[sources]
Middle name	J.				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	heck.house.gov · facebook.com · heck.house.gov · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q24243				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · member of the Nevada Assembly · member of the State Senate of Nevada (2004-2008) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Pennsylvania State University (-1984) · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (-1988) · United States Army War College (-2006)				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

U.S. Representative

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Nevada Assembly	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories361,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,334

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United States · Congress

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,153

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,775

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata335,470

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-324f45c51c9bed0a0b3ae12aa754bb3bad2e75f7 · evpo-acd3cc8d-ddc5-4094-b259-b4abc799a1fa

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