Peter Deutsch
| Peter Deutsch | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 20th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives | |
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In office 1982–1993 |
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April 1, 1957 New York City, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Religion | Orthodox Judaism |
Peter R. Deutsch (born April 1, 1957) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. Deutsch was a Democratic Representative from Florida's 20th congressional district from 1993 until 2005.
Deutsch was born in the borough of the Bronx in New York City in 1957.
He graduated from the Horace Mann School in 1975 and attended Swarthmore College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979. In college, he worked as an intern for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Deutsch graduated from Yale Law School with a Juris Doctor law degree in 1982.
After graduating from Yale, Deutsch moved to Broward County, Florida where he was a lawyer in private practice. He founded the nonprofit Medicare Information Program of Broward County, while working to help Medicare recipients in the area, and served as the group's director during 1982.
In 1982, Deutsch was elected for the first of five two-year terms in the Florida House of Representatives, where he wrote legislation protecting seniors from illegal nursing home evictions.
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