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Sheila Jackson Lee

Sheila Jackson Lee 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.

Topics	Counter-sanctioned entityPEPJudgePolitician				5 sources
7 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration PEP4 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsinferredevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsinferredQ4617342023-04-20 US Members of the Congressinferredus-congress-b9beda47…2025-01-24 WikidatainferredQ4617342023-07-18 Judge1 source WikidatainferredrawQ16533Q4617342023-07-18 Politician1 source WikidatainferredrawQ82955Q4617342026-03-16 Counter-sanctioned entity1 source Iran Sanctions Listinferredir-san-1a87274a0867f…2024-05-10
Name	Sheila Jackson Lee · Sheila Jackson-Lee · Sheila Jacksonová Leeová · Шейла Джексон Ли · Шейла Джексон Лі · 9 more…				5 sources
18 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration Sheila Jackson Leeeng4 sources US Members of the Congressus-congress-b9beda47…2025-01-24 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ4617342026-01-15 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26 WikidataQ4617342023-07-18 Sheila Jackson-Leeengswe2 sources Iran Sanctions Listir-san-1a87274a0867f…2024-05-02 WikidataQ4617342024-01-31 Sheila Jacksonová Leeováces1 source WikidataQ4617342024-01-31 Шейла Джексон Лиrus1 source WikidataQ4617342024-01-31
Alias	Jackson Lee · Jackson Lee, Sheila · Sheila Jackson · Sheila Jackson-Lee · Шейла Джексон Лі · 5 more…				2 sources
11 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration Jackson Leedeu1 source WikidataQ4617342023-07-18 Jackson Lee, Sheila1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26 Sheila Jacksoneng1 source WikidataQ4617342023-07-18 Sheila Jackson-Leeswe1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2026-01-06
Weak alias	Jackson-Lee · シェイラ・ジャクソン · シェイラ・ジャクソン・リー				1 source
3 statements · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Jackson-Leeswe1 source WikidataQ4617342025-01-25 シェイラ・ジャクソンjpn1 source WikidataQ4617342025-04-03 シェイラ・ジャクソン・リーjpn1 source WikidataQ4617342025-04-03
Birth date	1950-01-12				4 sources
6 statements · 4 datasets · sorted by corroboration 19503 sources Wikidataraw+1950-00-00T00:00:00ZQ4617342025-12-11 US Members of the Congressus-congress-b9beda47…2025-01-24 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ4617342026-01-15 1950-01-123 sources Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ4617342024-10-11 Wikidataraw+1950-01-12T00:00:00ZQ4617342025-12-11 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26
Place of birth	Queens				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Queenseng1 source WikidatarawQ18424Q4617342023-07-18
Death date	2024-07-19				3 sources
3 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration 2024-07-192 sources Wikidataraw+2024-07-19T00:00:00ZQ4617342025-12-11 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ4617342024-10-11 20241 source US Members of the Congressus-congress-b9beda47…2025-01-24
Gender	female				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration female1 source WikidatarawQ6581072Q4617342023-07-18
Nationality	not available
Country	United States				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration United States1 source Iran Sanctions ListrawThe United States of Americair-san-1a87274a0867f…2024-05-02
Citizenship	United States				4 sources
4 statements · 4 datasets · sorted by corroboration United States4 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2026-03-16 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsrawQ30Q4617342026-01-15 WikidatarawQ30Q4617342024-11-19 US Members of the Congressus-congress-b9beda47…2026-04-15
Classification	National government (unknown status)				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration National government (unknown status)1 source PEP position annotations by OpenSanctionsinferredQ4617342026-01-03
First name	Sheila				3 sources
3 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration Sheilaeng3 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26 US Members of the Congressus-congress-b9beda47…2025-01-24 WikidatarawQ18224611Q4617342023-07-18
Last name	Jackson Lee · Jackson · Lee				3 sources
4 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration Jackson Leeeng2 sources US Members of the Congressus-congress-b9beda47…2025-01-24 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26 Jacksoneng1 source WikidatarawQ2732758Q4617342023-07-18 Leeeng1 source WikidatarawQ12794688Q4617342023-07-18
Phone	+12022253816				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration +120222538161 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsraw2022253816evpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26
Political association	Democratic · Democratic Party				2 sources
2 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration Democraticeng1 source US Members of the Congressus-congress-b9beda47…2026-05-19 Democratic Partyeng1 source WikidatarawQ29552Q4617342025-12-20
Title	Ms.				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Ms.eng1 source US Members of the Congressus-congress-b9beda47…2025-01-24
Website	jacksonlee.house.gov · facebook.com · facebook.com · twitter.com				2 sources
5 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration http://jacksonlee.house.gov/2 sources Wikidatarawhttp://jacksonlee.house.govQ4617342023-07-18 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsrawhttp://jacksonlee.house.govevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26 https://facebook.com/1694791909841 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26 https://facebook.com/CongresswomanSheilaJacksonLee1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26 https://twitter.com/JacksonLeeTX181 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26
Wikidata ID	Q461734				3 sources
3 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration Q4617343 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2021-07-26 WikidataQ4617342023-07-18 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ4617342026-01-15
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee1 source WikidataenwikirawSheila Jackson LeeQ4617342026-04-06
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) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · 20 more…				3 sources
25 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007)1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2022-04-23 House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009)1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2022-04-23 House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011)1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2022-04-23 House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013)1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-a14c092f-47e5-4…2022-04-23
Education	Jamaica High School · University of Virginia School of Law (-1975) · Yale University (-1972)				1 source
3 statements · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Jamaica High Schooleng1 source WikidatarawQ14706609Q4617342023-07-18 University of Virginia School of Law (-1975)eng1 source WikidatarawQ7896545Q4617342025-12-11 Yale University (-1972)eng1 source WikidatarawQ49112Q4617342025-12-11
Religion	Seventh-day Adventist Church				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Seventh-day Adventist Churcheng1 source WikidatarawQ104319Q4617342023-07-18
Ethnicity	African Americans				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration African Americanseng1 source WikidatarawQ49085Q4617342023-07-18
Last change	2026-07-20	Last processed	2026-07-20	First seen	2021-07-26

Descriptions

American lawyer and politician (1950–2024)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-08-01

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons296,502

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,340

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

United States · Congress

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,282

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata427,825

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions563,185

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-a14c092f-47e5-4cbd-affa-5b0542193ff8 · us-congress-b9beda4744760a0742d35183e234fbe026bc186f · ir-san-1a87274a0867f7d2c520759d57f763f5fb10c383 · ru-mfa-31c3b7bccbaf298d084d619e7bf1e0baa1260562

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Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Individuals And Entities In The Sanction’s List Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran	-	-	Details

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Erica Lee Carter PEP	child	-	-	Details

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2015	2017	Details
United States representative	2007-01-06	2009-01-03	Details
United States representative	2009	2011	Details
United States representative	2005-01-06	2007-01-03	Details
United States representative	2007	2009	Details
United States representative	2019	2021	Details
United States representative	2011	2013	Details
United States representative	2021	2023	Details
United States representative	2013	2015	Details
United States representative	2023	2024	Details

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Erica Lee Carter PEP	mother	-	-	Details