*** Welcome to piglix ***

Lincoln Diaz-Balart

Lincoln Díaz-Balart
Lincoln Diaz-Balart.jpg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 21st district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by None (District created after the 1990 census)
Succeeded by Mario Diaz-Balart
Member of the Florida Senate
In office
1989–1992
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
In office
1986–1989
Personal details
Born Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart y Caballero
(1954-08-13) August 13, 1954 (age 62)
Havana, Cuba
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Cristina Fernandez
Children Lincoln Díaz-Balart
Daniel Díaz-Balart
Residence Miami, Florida
Alma mater New College of Florida
Case Western Reserve University
Occupation attorney

Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart (born Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart y Caballero; August 13, 1954) was the U.S. Representative for Florida's 21st congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He retired from Congress in 2011 and his younger brother, Mario Díaz-Balart, who had previously represented Florida's 25th congressional district, succeeded him. He is currently chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (www.chli.org) and is active in El Instituto La Rosa Blanca (The White Rose Institute)(www.larosablanca.org). After leaving Congress, he started a law practice (Diaz-Balart, PLLC) and a consulting firm (Western Hemisphere Strategies, LLC), both based in Miami, Florida.

Díaz-Balart was born in Havana, Cuba to the late Cuban politician Rafael Díaz-Balart and Hilda Caballero Brunet. His aunt, Mirta Díaz-Balart, was the first wife of the late Fidel Castro. Her son, and his cousin, is Dr. Fidel Ángel "Fidelito" Castro Díaz-Balart. His uncle is the Cuban-Spanish painter, Waldo Díaz-Balart.

He was educated at American School of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; New College of Florida; and Case Western Reserve University, from which he earned a law degree. He was involved in a Miami private practice for several years before holding elective office.


...
Wikipedia

...