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Mel Martinez

Politician

Mel Martinez 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	Mel Martinez · Mel Martínez · Мел Мартинес · Мел Мартінес · מל מרטינז · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Martinez, Mel · Mel Martínez · Melquiades Martinez · Melquiades Rafael "Mel" Martinez · Melquiades Rafael "Mel" Martínez · 18 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Martinez · メル・マルチネス				[sources]
Birth date	1946-10-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Sagua La Grande				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	Cuba · United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Mel · Мел				[sources]
Last name	Martinez				[sources]
Political association	Republican Party				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	martinez.senate.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q435010				[sources]
Position	Mayor of Orange County, Florida (1998-2001) · Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2009) · Senate (member, 2009-2009) · United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2001-2003) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Bishop Moore Catholic High School · Florida State University College of Law (-1973)				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-23	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2005	2007

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,278

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,320

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United States · Congress

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,033

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,304

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-ccf1f44068dfc713db16d89f204045f0004d2e9a · evpo-a9a9a086-248c-418e-b364-674a08a2477f

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