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Silvestre Reyes

Politician

Silvestre Reyes 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	Silvestre Reyes · سالفيستر رييس · 西爾費斯特·雷斯				[sources]
Alias	Reyes, Silvestre · Silvester Reyes				[sources]
Weak alias	Reyes · 西爾維斯特雷·雷耶斯				[sources]
Birth date	1944-11-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Canutillo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Silvestre				[sources]
Last name	Reyes				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q966208				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (1969-1995) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Canutillo High School (-1964) · El Paso Community College (-1976) · University of Texas at Austin (1964-1965) · University of Texas at El Paso (1965-1966)				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2009-01-06	2011-01-03
United States representative	2011

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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