Vincent Prieto
| Vincent Prieto | |
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| 170th Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly | |
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Assumed office January 14, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Sheila Oliver |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 32nd district |
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Assumed office December 13, 2004 Serving with Angelica M. Jimenez |
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| Preceded by | Anthony Impreveduto |
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| Born |
September 11, 1960 Cuba |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Marlene |
| Children | two |
| Residence | Secaucus, New Jersey |
| Alma mater |
Middlesex County College Bergen Community College |
| Website | Legislative website |
Vincent Prieto (born September 11, 1960) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served as the 170th Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly since January 14, 2014. He has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since December 2004, where he represents the 32nd Legislative District. He is also the current Chairman of the Hudson County Democratic Organization.
Prieto is a Cuban-American. In 1971, he and his mother took a Freedom Flight (air-lift resettlement program offering alien resident status to Cuban exiles) and moved to North Hudson County at a time when it was known as Havana on the Hudson.
He attended Middlesex County College receiving a degree in construction code technology and Bergen Community College where he received a degree for fire code technology. Outside of his legislative and political duties, he is the construction code official for the Town of Secaucus. He is a resident of Secaucus with his wife Marlene and two children.
Prieto served on the Secaucus Planning Board from 1998 to 2001. He was selected by Hudson County Democratic Party leaders in December 2004 to fill the vacancy of Anthony Impreveduto, who resigned after pleading guilty to using campaign contributions for personal purposes. In the heavily Democratic-leaning 32nd district, he has not faced significant opposition in any general election since being appointed.
He garnered the support of 41 of 48 colleagues and became the Assembly Speaker in November 2013 replacing Sheila Oliver. He is the second Cuban-American to lead the Assembly after fellow Hudson County Democrat Albio Sires.
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