Hakeem Jeffries

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American politician human lawyer member of the United States House of Representatives

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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Hakeem Jeffries canonical 4

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Predicate Object
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 Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
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 ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
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 House Democratic Caucus Chair ⓘ
surface form: Chair of the House Democratic Caucus

House Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Leader of the House Democratic Caucus ⓘ
U.S. Representative ⓘ
surface form: United States Representative
precededBy Nancy Pelosi as leader of the House Democratic Caucus ⓘ
previouslyRepresented New York State Assembly District 10 ⓘ
surface form: 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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118th United States Congress → houseMinorityLeaderAtStart → Hakeem Jeffries ⓘ
New York's 8th congressional district → hasRepresentative → Hakeem Jeffries ⓘ
New York's 8th congressional district → hasIncumbent → Hakeem Jeffries ⓘ
first impeachment of Donald Trump → houseImpeachmentManagers → Hakeem Jeffries ⓘ