# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/filemon-vela
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:20:54.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/filemon-vela"
name: "Filemon Vela"
slug: "filemon-vela"
description: "Filemón Bartolomé Vela Jr. is an American lobbyist, lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 34th congressional district from 2013 until his resignation in 2022. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Vela was also vice chair of the Democratic National Committee from January 21, 2021 to March 31, 2022, having been nominated by President Joe Biden. In March 2022, Vela resigned in the middle of his term to work at Akin Gump."
tagline: "American politician (born 1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Filemon_Vela%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1963-02-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.428224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RepFilemonVela"
    handle:    "RepFilemonVela"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/repfilemonvela/"
    handle:    "repfilemonvela"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/USCongressmanFilemonVela"
    handle:    "USCongressmanFilemonVela"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://vela.house.gov/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filemon_Vela"
    title: "Filemon Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "فيليمون ڤيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "فیلمون ولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filemon_Vela_junior"
    title: "Filemon Vela junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filemon_Vela_Jr."
    title: "Filemon Vela Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "فیلمون ولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filemon_Vela"
    title: "Filemon Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94"
    title: "פילמון ולה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filemon_Vela"
    title: "Filemon Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filemon_Vela_Jr."
    title: "Filemon Vela Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filemon_Vela_Jr."
    title: "Filemon Vela Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4069225"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump