Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
U.S. Congressperson
1952 –
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Who is Ileana Ros-Lehtinen?
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 27th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1989. She is a member of the Republican Party.
She is currently the most senior Republican woman in the U.S. House, and was the first Republican woman elected to the House of Representatives from Florida. She was also the first Hispanic woman, and the first Cuban American, to be elected to Congress.
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- Born
- Jul 15, 1952
Havana - Also known as
- Ileana Ros
- Ileana Ros Y Adato
- Parents
- Spouses
- Dexter Lehtinen
(1984/06/09 - )
- Dexter Lehtinen
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Episcopal Church
- Ethnicity
- Cuban American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Miami
- Florida International University
- Miami Dade College
- Lived in
- Miami
Submitted
on July 23, 2013