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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]
Alias	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				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Melvin				[sources]
Last name	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	2025-11-18	Last processed	2025-11-20	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	2007	2009
United States representative	2005

Data sources

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US Members of the Congress1,334

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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