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John Robert Lewis

Politician

John Robert Lewis 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	John Lewis · John Robert Lewis · Τζον Λιούις · Джон Л'юїс · Джон Льюис · 7 more...				[sources]
Other name	Džonas Luisas · Džonas Robertas Luisas · John R. Lewis · John Robert Lewis · Lewis, John · 7 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	约翰·刘易斯 · 约翰·路易斯				[sources]
Birth date	1940-02-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Troy				[sources]
Death date	2020-07-17				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	John · Robert				[sources]
Last name	Lewis				[sources]
Phone	+12022253801				[sources]
Website	johnlewis.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q45380				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · 21 more...				[sources]
Education	American Baptist College (-1961) · Fisk University (-1967) · Pike County Schools				[sources]
Religion	Baptists				[sources]
Ethnicity	African Americans				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-18	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician and civil rights leader (1940–2020)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2017-01-03	2019-01-03
United States representative	2011-01-06

Data sources

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,410

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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