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Jerry Weller

Politician

Jerry Weller 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 Weller · جيرى ويلر · جيري ويلر · ჯერი უელერი · 제리 웰러				[sources]
Alias	Gerald C. Weller · Weller, Gerald				[sources]
Birth date	1957-07-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Streator				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Gerald · Jerry				[sources]
Last name	Weller				[sources]
Middle name	C.				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q740636				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · bureaucrat · member of the Illinois House of Representatives · member of the United States House of Representatives				[sources]
Education	Joliet Junior College · University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign · University of Illinois system · primary school				[sources]
Religion	Evangelical and Reformed Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Zury Ríos Politician	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2007-01-06	2009-01-03
United States representative	2007

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,581

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,334

Current and recent members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives

United States · Congress

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,984

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,955

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-da9caaa3ada0e93362c6230eb72049c545848814 · evpo-7cbf3d87-bf7e-47ec-825f-15779b38a696

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