Deborah Dingell
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 12th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | John Dingell |
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Deborah Ann Insley November 23, 1953 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
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Republican (Before 1981) Democratic (1981–present) |
| Spouse(s) | John Dingell |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University (BS, MS) |
| Website | House website |
Deborah Ann Dingell /ˈdɪŋɡəl/ (née Insley; November 23, 1953) is an American Democratic Party politician who has been the United States Representative for Michigan's 12th congressional district since 2015. She succeeded her husband, John Dingell, in Congress. She worked as a consultant to the American Automobile Policy Council. She was a superdelegate for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
She is active in several Michigan and Washington, D.C., charities and serves on a number of charitable boards. She serves as Vice Chair of the Barbara Karmanos Cancer Center and is a member of the Executive Committee, where she co-chairs the Breast Cancer Committee and the Government Relations Committee. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for Vital Voices Global Partnership. She is a 1975 graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Descended from one of the Fisher brothers, owners of Fisher Body, a GM founder, she has served as president of the General Motors Foundation and as executive director of Global Community Relations and Government Relations at GM.
She married John Dingell, 28 years her senior, in 1981; she is Dingell's second wife. She had grown up as a Republican, but became a Democrat soon after marrying Dingell.
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