Category:Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox person

|name = Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

|image = Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.jpg

|image_size = 200px

|birth_name = Ileana Ros y Adato

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|15}}

|birth_place = [[Wikipedia:Havana|Havana]], [[:Category:Cuba|Cuba]]

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = [[Wikipedia:Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

|spouse = [[Wikipedia:Dexter Lehtinen|Dexter Lehtinen]] {{small|(1984–present)}}

|children = 2 children<br>2 stepchildren

|alma_mater = [[Wikipedia:Miami Dade College|Miami Dade College]]<br>{{nowrap|[[Wikipedia:Florida International University|Florida International University]]}}<br>[[Wikipedia:University of Miami|University of Miami]]

|religion = [[Wikipedia:Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalianism]]

}}

'''Ileana Ros-Lehtinen''' (born '''Ileana Carmen Ros y Adato'''; July 15, 1952) is the most [[Wikipedia:Seniority in the United States House of Representatives|senior]] [[Wikipedia:United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from Florida, representing Florida's 27th congressional district. She served as Chairwoman of the [[Wikipedia:United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|House Foreign Affairs Committee]] from [[Wikipedia:112th United States Congress|2011–2013]]. In 1989, Ros-Lehtinen became the first [[Wikipedia:Cuban Americans|Cuban American]] and [[Wikipedia:Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latina]] elected to Congress. She was also the first [[Wikipedia:United States Republican Party|Republican]] woman elected to the House from Florida, and is currently the [[Wikipedia:List of current United States Representatives by seniority|most senior]] Republican [[Wikipedia:Women in the United States House of Representatives|woman]] in the [[Wikipedia:United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]].<ref name=HRCInterview>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/humanrightscampaign/docs/winter_2013-equality-magazine/23?e=0/1818540|title=I Vote My Conscience|work=Human Rights Campaign|date=Winter 2013|accessdate=January 29, 2014|pages=17–19}}</ref> Ros-Lehtinen gave the first Republican [[Wikipedia:response to the State of the Union address|response to the State of the Union address]] in Spanish in [[Wikipedia:2011 State of the Union Address|2011]], and gave the third in [[Wikipedia:2014 State of the Union Address|2014]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/196639-rep-ros-lehtinen-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-gop-response-in|title=Ros-Lehtinen to deliver Spanish SOTU response|work=The Hill|date=January 28, 2014|accessdate=January 28, 2014}}</ref>

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==See also==

*{{Wikipedia-inline|Ileana Ros-Lehtinen}}

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