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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries (/ ˌ h ɑː ˈ k iː m / hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023.
Jun 20, 2023 · The incumbent had reason to be angry; few people in the district were aware that the long-serving Assembly member was Muslim: “It was an interesting piece of news that only a handful of people in...
Nov 30, 2022 · New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries will become the top Democrat in the House of Representatives—and the first Black lawmaker to lead either party on Capitol Hill—when the new Congress is sworn in next year.
Feb 28, 2024 · Hakeem Jeffries’ Black Baptist upbringing has shaped his role as House minority leader. Jeffries, a liberal Democrat, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, a conservative Republican, recently took turns reading Scripture at the National Prayer Breakfast.
Mar 27, 2023 · As the political representative for the Black student group that invited the professor to the upstate New York campus, Mr. Jeffries, a 21-year-old college senior with a flattop and a dashiki, had...
Jan 17, 2024 · Beyond their upbringing in the Black community in Brooklyn, there’s no connection, Mr. Jeffrey said. His father was Muslim and liked the name Hakim. But he doesn’t mind the comparisons.
Jul 30, 2024 · Hakeem Jeffries (born August 4, 1970, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American Democratic politician who serves in the U.S. House of Representatives (2013– ). The House minority leader from 2023, Jeffries is the first Black person to lead a major party in either house of Congress.
