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Charlie Melancon

Politician

Charlie Melancon 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	Charles Melancon · Charlie Melancon · Charlie Melançon · تشارلى ميلانكون · 查理·梅納康				[sources]
Alias	Charles Melancon · Charlie Melancon · Melancon, Charles · 查理·梅納康				[sources]
Weak alias	Melancon				[sources]
Birth date	1947-10-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Napoleonville				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Charles · Charlie				[sources]
Last name	Melancon				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	melancon.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q504241				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1987-1993) · member of the United States House of Representatives (2005-2007) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Assumption High School · University of Louisiana at Lafayette (-1971)				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	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 representative	2005-01-06	2007-01-03
United States representative	2009-01-06

Data sources

US Members of the Congress1,335

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Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories371,607

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,969

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,844

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-ab7bbc1f3ca28bc9a096fe1d01a09a2587b63ab4 · evpo-9f7b41cf-5cb5-4d69-af55-272e57066447

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