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Beto O'Rourke

Politician

Beto O'Rourke 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	Beto O'Rourke · Beto O’Rourke · Бето О'Рурк · Бето О’Рорк · Бето О’Рурк · 9 more...				[sources]
Alias	Beto O'Rourke · O’Rourke, Beto · Robert Francis O'Rourke · Бето О’Рурк · בטו או'רורק · 6 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ベト・オロアク · 贝托·奥罗克				[sources]
Birth date	1972-09-26				[sources]
Place of birth	El Paso				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Beto · Francis · Robert				[sources]
Last name	O'Rourke · O’Rourke				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	orourke.house.gov · betoorourke.com · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4014532				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · House of Representatives (member, 2017-2019) · member of the United States House of Representatives				[sources]
Education	Columbia University · El Paso High School · Woodberry Forest School				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1972)

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Melissa O'Rourke Close Associate	mother	-	-
Charlotte O'Rourke Close Associate	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2015-01-06	2017-01-03
United States representative	2013

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Pat O'Rourke Politician	child · father	-	-

Data sources

US Members of the Congress1,329

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United States · Congress

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,547

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions516,192

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,575

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-53873dc6d264663203459cc92183d0f210330cf7 · evpo-084f5380-cd35-46a4-9cdd-600d47a66f3f

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