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Jerry Lewis

Politician

Jerry 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	Jerry Lewis · Джерри Льюис · جری لوئیس · جيرى لويس · جيري لويس · 3 more...				[sources]
Alias	Carolus Ieremias Lewis · Charles Jeremy Lewis · Lewis, Jerry · Джерри Льюис · جری لوئیس · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	傑瑞·刘易斯 · 傑瑞·路易斯				[sources]
Birth date	1934-10-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Seattle				[sources]
Death date	2021-07-15				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Jerry				[sources]
Last name	Lewis				[sources]
Political association	Republican Party				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q472199				[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) · Republican Conference Chairman of the United States House of Representatives (1989-1993) · 22 more...				[sources]
Education	San Bernardino High School (-1952) · San Bernardino Valley College · University of California, Los Angeles (-1956)				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-02-14	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (1934–2021)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-09

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the United States House of Representatives	2009-01-06	-
member of the United States House of Representatives	2005-01-06

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MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,007

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-b3a81bd010f7e9271e5c0081f05e2c630aaaa734 · evpo-5ff1ae59-0f0d-4e18-80d4-d19bd0b50a9a

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