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Ben Ray Luján

Politician

Ben Ray Luján 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	Ben R. Luján · Ben Ray Luján · Бен Рей Лухан · Бен Рэй Лухан · בן ריי לוהאן · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Ben Lujan · Ben Luján · Ben R. Luján · Ben Ray Lujan · Lujan, Ben Ray · 6 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ベン・レイ・ルヤン · ベン・レイ・ルーハーン				[sources]
Birth date	1972-06-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Santa Fe				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Ben · Ray				[sources]
Last name	Luján				[sources]
Middle name	R.				[sources]
Phone	+12022256190				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	lujan.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q324256				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · House of Representatives (member, 2017-2019) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	New Mexico Highlands University (-2007) · Pojoaque Valley High School (-1990) · University of New Mexico (1990-1995)				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

U.S. Senator from New Mexico

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ben Luján Politician	father	-	-

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

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Data sources

US Members of the Congress1,335

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United States · Congress

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories371,586

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,114

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,820

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-ad455924-cb50-47e1-bfcd-c0dd27466202 · us-congress-0bdb1fefada6b74cd461857ba47a79fe7bebadc2

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