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Mel Watt

Politician

Mel Watt 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	Mel Watt · Melvin L. Watt · מל ואט · مل وات · ميل وات · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Mel Watt · Melvin Luther Watt · Watt, Melvin · مل وات · 梅尔·华特 · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Watt				[sources]
Birth date	1945-08-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Steele Creek				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	MELVIN · Mel · Melvin				[sources]
Last name	WATT · Watt				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q983446				[sources]
Position	Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · 15 more...				[sources]
Education	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (-1967) · Yale Law School (-1970)				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the United States House of Representatives	2013-01-06	2014-01-06
member of the United States House of Representatives	2007-01-06	2009-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2009	2011
member of the United States House of Representatives	2009-01-06	2011-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2011-01-06	2013-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2013	2014
member of the United States House of Representatives	2005	2007
member of the United States House of Representatives	2005-01-06	2007-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2011	2013
member of the United States House of Representatives	2007	2009

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-79b67d69-47b1-4852-a16c-650a0bd1bf8a · us-congress-3ddc0662010dd3c524d47f65793a0a7d3b66277b

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