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Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi
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House Minority Leader
Assumed office
January 3, 2011
Deputy Steny Hoyer
Preceded by John Boehner
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007
Deputy Steny Hoyer
Preceded by Dick Gephardt
Succeeded by John Boehner
52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office
January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2011
President George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded by Dennis Hastert
Succeeded by John Boehner
House Minority Whip
In office
January 15, 2002 – January 3, 2003
Leader Dick Gephardt
Preceded by David Bonior
Succeeded by Steny Hoyer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 12th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2013
Preceded by Jackie Speier
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 8th district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by Ron Dellums
Succeeded by Paul Cook
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 5th district
In office
June 2, 1987 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by Sala Burton
Succeeded by Bob Matsui
Personal details
Born Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro
(1940-03-26) March 26, 1940 (age 76)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Paul Pelosi (m. 1963)
Children 5 (notably Christine, Paul, Alexandra)
Education Trinity Washington University (BA)
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Website House website

Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (/pəˈlsi/; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who is the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, representing California's 12th congressional district. She previously served as the 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011, the only woman to do so, and is to date the highest-ranking female politician in American history.

A member of the Democratic Party, Pelosi represents California's 12th congressional district, which consists of four-fifths of the city and county of San Francisco. The district was numbered as the 5th during Pelosi's first three terms in the House, and as the 8th from 1993 to 2013. She served as the House Minority Whip from 2002 to 2003, and was House Minority Leader from 2003 to 2007, holding the post during the 108th and 109th Congresses under George W. Bush. Pelosi is the first woman, the first Californian and first Italian-American to lead a major party in Congress. After the Democrats took control of the House in 2007 and increased their majority in 2009, Pelosi was elected Speaker of the House for the 110th and 111th Congresses (George W. Bush and Barack Obama).


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