Hakeem Jeffries

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Hakeem Jeffries is an American Democratic politician from New York who serves as the House Minority Leader and is the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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instanceOf American politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Juris Doctor ⓘ
Master of Public Policy ⓘ
barAdmission New York State Bar ⓘ
caucusMembership Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ
Congressional Progressive Caucus ⓘ
New Democrat Coalition ⓘ
committeeMembership House Budget Committee ⓘ
House Judiciary Committee ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1970-08-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Binghamton University ⓘ
Georgetown University ⓘ
New York University School of Law ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Jeffries ⓘ
fullName Hakeem Sekou Jeffries ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Hakeem ⓘ
isFirst first Black lawmaker to lead a party in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
knownFor oratory and floor speeches in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
notableFor Democratic leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
advocacy on criminal justice reform ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation attorney ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeAssumed House Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives on 2023-01-03 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Chair of the House Democratic Caucus ⓘ
House Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Leader of the House Democratic Caucus ⓘ
United States Representative ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Representative
precededBy Nancy Pelosi as leader of the House Democratic Caucus ⓘ
previouslyRepresented New York's 10th congressional district (state assembly) ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
represents New York's 8th congressional district ⓘ
residence Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
servedIn New York State Assembly ⓘ
spouse Kennisandra Jeffries ⓘ
stateAssemblyDistrictRepresented New York State Assembly District 57 ⓘ
termStartAsUSRepresentative 2013-01-03 ⓘ
workedFor Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison ⓘ
Viacom ⓘ

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