Lucille Roybal-Allard
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 40th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ed Royce |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 34th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Grace Napolitano |
| Succeeded by | Xavier Becerra |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 33rd district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | David Dreier |
| Succeeded by | Diane Watson |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 56th district |
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In office 1986–1992 |
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| Preceded by | Gloria Molina |
| Succeeded by | Martha Escutia |
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Lucille Elsa Roybal June 12, 1941 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Edward Allard |
| Children | Ricardo Olivarez Lisa Marie Angela (Stepdaughter) Guy Mark (Stepson) |
| Alma mater | California State University, Los Angeles |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Lucille Elsa Roybal-Allard /ˈrɔɪbəl ˈælərd/ (born June 12, 1941) is the U.S. Representative for California's 40th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Since redistricting in 2010, the district no longer includes downtown Los Angeles.
She was born in Boyle Heights, California, the daughter of Representative Edward R. Roybal and Lucille Beserra Roybal. She was educated at Ramona Convent Secondary School in Alhambra, California, and California State University, Los Angeles.
She was a public relations officer and fund raising executive. She was also a member of the California State Assembly from 1986 to 1992.
She currently sits on the House Appropriations and Standards of Official Conduct committees. She has also served as the chair of the California Democratic congressional delegation (1998–1999) and of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. She has also been active in the Congressional Children's Caucus and on the Democratic Homeland Security and the Livable Communities task forces.
She is the first Mexican-American woman to serve in Congress. Along with Nydia Velazquez of New York City, she was the second Latina after Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Miami, and with Velazquez, the first Democrat and the first elected to a full term.
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