Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 27th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 18th district |
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In office August 29, 1989 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Claude Pepper |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Murphy |
| Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Howard Berman |
| Succeeded by | Ed Royce |
| Member of the Florida Senate from the 34th district |
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In office January 1987 – January 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Gersten |
| Succeeded by | Lincoln Díaz-Balart |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 110th district |
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In office January 1983 – January 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Roberta Fox |
| Succeeded by | Lincoln Díaz-Balart |
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Ileana Ros y Adato July 15, 1952 Havana, Cuba |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Dexter Lehtinen (1984–present) |
| Children | 2 children 2 stepchildren |
| Alma mater |
Miami Dade College Florida International University University of Miami |
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen /ˌɪliˈɑːnə ˈrɒs ˈleɪtənən, -tnən/ (born Ileana Carmen Ros y Adato; July 15, 1952) is the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida, representing Florida's 27th congressional district. She 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. Ros-Lehtinen gave the first Republican response to the State of the Union address in Spanish in 2011, and gave the third in 2014.
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