Entity record

Walter CancelaPerson

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Walter Cancela is a former politically exposed person (PEP): President of the Central Bank of Uruguay — a Level 1 (Central bank) position — recorded from the Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations), observed on 2026-07-09. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.

Politically exposed person (PEP)

Central bankLevel 1Former

Apex of state power — head of state/government, cabinet, apex judiciary, top military/intelligence, central bank governor.

Position
President of the Central Bank of Uruguay
Government branch
Central bank (B5)
Dates in office
2005-03-10 – 2008-10-24

Retained as a PEP reference for 50 years after leaving office. A PEP flag requires enhanced due diligence, not asset-freezing — it is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our politically exposed persons reference guide for how the seniority levels, government branches, and current/former decay model work.

Also searched as10 spelling variants

Valter Cancela · Wallter Cancela · Waltar Cancela · Walter Cancele · Walter Canceli · Walter Cancila · Walter Cansela · Walter Kancela · Waltir Cancela · Welter Cancela

Common misspellings and alternate transliterations of this entity's listed names, generated to aid search and screening. They are not part of the official source record above.

Key properties

Nationality
UY
Position
President of the Central Bank of Uruguay

Source list & list version

Source listList versionManifest SHA-256StatusVerify
Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations)
Wikidata (crowd-sourced, CC0)
wd_peps@2026-07-0997dd2edea227ba1dList version (signing pending)

Last confirmed present in Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations) list version wd_peps@2026-07-09, observed .

This page reflects the official Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations), version wd_peps@2026-07-09, as observed on 2026-07-09. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.

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Walter Cancela. ProofAML. This page reflects the official Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations), version wd_peps@2026-07-09, as observed on 2026-07-09. ProofAML is not the issuing authority. URL: https://proofaml.com/people/walter-cancela-nke87ab046/

Machine-readable export (FTM + lineage): /people/walter-cancela-nke87ab046/entity.json