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João Leão

Politician

João Leão 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	João Leão				[sources]
Other name	João Felipe de Souza Leão				[sources]
Birth date	1946-02-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Recife				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Brazil				[sources]
Country	Brazil				[sources]
Citizenship	Brazil				[sources]
Classification	National government (current) · State government (past)				[sources]
First name	João				[sources]
Last name	Leão				[sources]
Website	facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q24691764				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Deputies (member, 2011-2015) · Government secretaries of Economic Development of the State of Bahia (2019-2021) · deputy governor of Bahia (2015-2018) · deputy governor of Bahia (2019-2022) · federal deputy of Bahia (1995-1999) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Brazilian businessman and politician, former vice governor and federal deputy of Bahia

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-10-26

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
government secretaries of Planning of the State of Bahia	2021-05-04	2022-03-15

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Cacá Leão Politician	child · father	-	-

Data sources

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,087

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,427

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata350,291

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,496

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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