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Filemon Vela

Politician

Filemon Vela 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	Filemon Vela · Filemon Vela Jr. · Filemon Vela junior · Filemon Vela, Jr. · Філемон Вела молодший · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Filemon Vela junior · Filemon Vela, Jr. · Vela, Filemon · فیلمون ولا · フィーレマン・ベラ				[sources]
Weak alias	ファイルモン・ヴェラ・ジュニア				[sources]
Birth date	1963-02-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Harlingen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Filemon				[sources]
Last name	Vela				[sources]
Phone	+12022259901				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	vela.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4069225				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · House of Representatives (member, 2015-2017) · House of Representatives (member, 2017-2019) · House of Representatives (member, 2019-) · member of the United States House of Representatives · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Georgetown University (-1985) · Saint Joseph Academy · University of Texas School of Law · University of Texas at Austin (-1987)				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

U.S. Representative from Texas

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2017	2019
United States representative	2013

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