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Melchior Wathelet

Judge · Politician

Melchior Wathelet 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	Melchior Wathelet · Melchior Wathelet, Jr. · Melchior Wathelet, ml. · ميلكيور واثيليت · 梅尔希奥·瓦泰莱 · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Melchior Wathelet junior · Melchior Wathelet senior · Melchior Wathelet, Jr. · Melchior Wathelet, ml. · Wathelet Melchior · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1949-03-06 · 1977-09-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Verviers				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Belgium				[sources]
Country	Belgium				[sources]
Citizenship	Belgium				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Melchior				[sources]
Last name	Wathelet				[sources]
Political association	Les Engagés				[sources]
Website	www.melchiorwathelet.be				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q212717 · Q369909				[sources]
Position	Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (2012-2018) · Chamber of Representatives (member, 2014-2015) · Judge of the European Court of Justice (1995-2003) · Mayor of Verviers (1995-1996) · Minister of Defence of Belgium (1995-1995) · 8 more...				[sources]
Education	Harvard Law School · UCLouvain · University of Liège · University of Namur				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-02-25	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Belgian politician and lawyer (born 1949)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-11-19

Belgian politician (born 1977)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-11-19

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
-	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Chamber of Representatives	-	-
member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium	-	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
-	child	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,278

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,351

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata326,573

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,062

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-6eb1f51c-e6f3-4c88-b702-117df7ecaf12 · be-kam-a099fa38ede802c75bac733cfb9f4d6ed31b6345 · be-kam-c6bf2ef42badc5c8ebcac4ef2106fb301c900a7b · Q212717

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