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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]
Other name	Gerald C. Weller · Weller, Gerald				[sources]
Birth date	1957-07-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Streator				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[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 (1988-1994) · member of the United States House of Representatives (1995-1997) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Joliet Junior College (-1976) · University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign · University of Illinois system (-1979) · primary school (-1975)				[sources]
Religion	Evangelical and Reformed Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-06	Last processed	2025-10-02	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	2004	2019

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2005	2007
United States representative	2007

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,909

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Every Politician58,326

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US Members of the Congress1,257

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Wikidata349,410

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,840

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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