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Xavier Becerra

Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra, Official Portrait.JPG
Attorney General of California
Assumed office
January 24, 2017
Governor Jerry Brown
Preceded by Kathleen Kenealy (Acting)
Chair of the House Democratic Conference
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017
Leader Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by John Larson
Succeeded by Joe Crowley
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Conference
In office
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013
Leader Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by John Larson
Succeeded by Joe Crowley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 34th district
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 24, 2017
Preceded by Lucille Roybal-Allard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 31st district
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by Hilda Solis
Succeeded by Gary Miller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 30th district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by Marty Martínez
Succeeded by Henry Waxman
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 59th district
In office
1990–1992
Preceded by Charles Calderon
Succeeded by Dick Mountjoy
Personal details
Born (1958-01-26) January 26, 1958 (age 58)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Carolina Reyes
Education Stanford University (BA, JD)

Xavier Becerra (/hɑːviˈɛər bˈsɛrə/ hah-vee-AIR; born January 26, 1958) is an American politician and the current Attorney General of California. Prior to becoming Attorney General, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 34th congressional district, who has represented Downtown Los Angeles in Congress since 1993. Becerra, a member of the Democratic Party, was Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

Born in Sacramento, California, Becerra is a graduate of Stanford University, receiving his J.D. from Stanford Law School. He worked as a Lawyer at the Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts, before returning to California in 1986 to work as an Administrative Assistant for State Senator Art Torres. He served as a Deputy Attorney General in the California Department of Justice from 1987 to 1990 before he was elected to the California State Assembly, where he served one term from 1990 to 1992.


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