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Chet Edwards

Politician

Chet Edwards 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	Chet Edwards · צ'ט אדוארדס · تشيت إدواردز · تشيت ادواردز · チェット・エドワーズ · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Edwards, Thomas · Thomas Chester Edwards · 切特·爱德华兹 · 토머스 체스터 에드워즈				[sources]
Weak alias	切特·愛德華茲				[sources]
Birth date	1951-11-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Corpus Christi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Chet · Thomas				[sources]
Last name	Edwards				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q784037				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · member of the State Senate of Texas (1983-1990) · member of the United States House of Representatives · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Harvard Business School (-1981) · Texas A&M University (-1974)				[sources]
Religion	Baptists				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician in Texas (born 1951)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2005	2007
United States representative	2009

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,139

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories360,005

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,330

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United States · Congress

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Wikidata333,862

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-02594267e6336441c0a365198432b368897f55f9 · evpo-e7d0f324-68db-44c0-8a81-f0b106c1727b

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