Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (born Ileana Ros y Adato; July 15 1952) is the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 27th congressional district and served as Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee from 2011-2013. In 1989 Ros-Lehtinen became the first Cuban American and Latina elected to Congress. She was also the first Republican woman elected to the House from Florida and is currently the most senior Republican woman in the U.S. House.
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active years end date
2013-01-03
active years start date
1989-08-29, 2011-01-03, 2013-01-03
alma mater
Florida International University, Miami Dade College, University of Miami
birth date
1952-07-15
birth place
Havana
order in office
Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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