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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (/ ˌ ɪ l i ˈ ɑː n ə ˈ r ɒ s ˈ l eɪ t ən ə n /; born Ileana Carmen Ros y Adato, July 15, 1952) is a politician and lobbyist from Miami, Florida, who represented Florida's 27th congressional district from 1989 to 2019. By the end of her tenure, she was the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is a groundbreaking congresswoman. Not only is she the senior US Representative from Florida, but she is also the first Latina elected to the US Congress, and the first Republican in congress to publicly support the passage of the marriage equality act.
Apr 30, 2017 · U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, the first Cuban-American elected to Congress, is retiring at the end of her term next year, saying it’s time to move on after 38 years in office. The 64-year-old Republican was elected last November to Florida’s redrawn 27th district, a stretch of southeast Miami-Dade County that is heavily Democratic.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (born 1952) is the first Hispanic-American woman to serve in the United States congress. Being first has become something that Ileana Ros-Lehtinen does quite well. In 1982, she became the first Cuban-born female to be elected to the Florida state legislature.
Ileana Ros y Adato on July 15, 1952, in Havana, Cuba) is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Florida's 27th Congressional District from 1989 to 2019. On April 30, 2017, Ros-Lehtinen announced that she would not seek re-election in 2018.
Apr 30, 2017 · U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, the first Cuban-American elected to Congress, is retiring at the end of her term next year, saying it’s time to move on after 38 years in office.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been recognized as a gifted leader and defender of human rights. Born in Havana, Cuba, she was the first Hispanic woman to serve in both the Florida state legislature as well as in the United States Congress.
Apr 30, 2017 · U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the first Cuban-American elected to Congress and the first congressional Republican to publicly support marriage equality, is retiring next year at the end of her...
Former U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) served for almost three decades as a member of Congress representing diverse areas in South Florida. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen was the Chairwoman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
The first Hispanic woman elected to Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, was born in Havana, Cuba on July 15, 1952, and emigrated to the United States when she was seven years old. She studied at Miami-Dade Community College, where she received an A.A. degree in 1972.
