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Teresa Leger Fernandez

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Teresa Leger Fernandez is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Teresa Isabel Leger Fernandez · Teresa Leger Fernandez · Тереза ЛЕДЖЕР ФЕРНАНДЕС · Тереза Леджер-Фернандес · תרזה לגר פרננדז · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Teresa Isabel Leger · Teresa Isabel Leger Fernandez · Teresa Leger · Леджер-Фернандес, Тереза				[sources]
Weak alias	テレサ・レガー・フェルナンデス · 德雷莎·雷格·斐迪南				[sources]
Birth date	1959-07-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Las Vegas				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Teresa				[sources]
Last name	Fernandez · Leger · Leger Fernandez				[sources]
Title	Ms.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q96054905				[sources]
Position	member of the United States House of Representatives (2021-) · член Палаты представителей от Демократической партии (шт. Нью-Мексико)				[sources]
Education	Stanford University · West Las Vegas High School · Yale University				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-23	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

American attorney and politician

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Russia	Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ray Leger Politician	father	-	-
Mela Leger Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2025	-
United States representative	2021

Data sources

US Members of the Congress1,157

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Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

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Russia · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,107

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,396

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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