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Luis Fernando Velasco

Politician

Luis Fernando Velasco 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	LUÍS FERNANDO VELASCO CHÁVES · Luis Fernando Velasco · Luis Fernando Velasco Chaves				[sources]
Alias	Luis Fernando Velasco · Luis Fernando Velasco Chaves · Luis Fernando Velasco Chávez				[sources]
Birth date	1964-10-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Popayán				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Colombia				[sources]
Country	Colombia				[sources]
Citizenship	Colombia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Fernando · Luis				[sources]
ID Number	`10546056`				[sources]
Last name	Velasco				[sources]
Matronymic	Chaves				[sources]
Patronymic	Velasco				[sources]
Second name	Fernando				[sources]
Website	www.luisfernandovelasco.com.co · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5654865				[sources]
Position	Senado (member, 2014-2018) · mayor (1992-1994) · member of the Senate of Colombia · president of the Senate of Colombia (2015-2016)				[sources]
Education	Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo · University of Cauca				[sources]
Source link	www.funcionpublica.gov.co				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Colombian politician and lawyer

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Senator	-	-
Member of the Congress of Colombia	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,134

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,018

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Colombian Joining the Dots PEPs188

Data on Politically Exposed Persons in Colombia from the Joining the Dots project

Colombia · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata353,694

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,654

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-94bbe44d-b346-4bf7-8959-8e151c44780f · us-cia-colombia-luis-fernando-velasco-minister-of-interior · co-cedula-10546056

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