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Peter Meijer

Politician

Peter Meijer 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	Peter Meijer · פיטר מאייר · بيتر ماير · پیتر مایجر · ピーター・マイヤー · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Peter James Meijer				[sources]
Weak alias	ピーター・メイジャー · 皮特·梅耶				[sources]
Birth date	1988-01-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Grand Rapids				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	James · Peter				[sources]
Last name	Meijer				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q96419165				[sources]
Position	member of the United States House of Representatives (2021-2023)				[sources]
Education	Columbia University (2008-2012) · East Grand Rapids High School (-2006) · Stern School of Business (-2017)				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

U.S. Representative from Michigan

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Doug Meijer Close Associate	paternal uncle · relative	-	-
Hendrik G. Meijer Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2021	2023
United States representative	2021-01-03

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,886

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,094

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US Members of the Congress1,257

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United States of America · Congress

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions548,978

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Wikidata349,418

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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