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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 · Леджер-Фернандес, Тереза · Тереза ЛЕДЖЕР ФЕРНАНДЕС · תרזה לגר פרננדז · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Teresa Isabel Leger · Teresa Isabel Leger Fernandez · Teresa Leger				[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]
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	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	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
member of the United States House of Representatives	2025	-
member of the United States House of Representatives	2023	2025
member of the United States House of Representatives	2021-01-03	2023-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2021	2023

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,817

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,256

Current and recent members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives

United States of America · Congress

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories460,102

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,168

A list of US citizens under personal sanctions by the Russian Federation.

Russia · MFA

External databases

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Wikidata429,131

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-d47ef2ac3423711e1c1c3db157c9f9f251f5103f · ru-mfa-445f01972d6d0ce4b787e4e5dcadb908b41695b4

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