Hakeem Jeffries

Hakeem Jeffries
Official portrait, 2021
House Minority Leader
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
WhipKatherine Clark
Preceded byKevin McCarthy
Leader of the House Democratic Caucus
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
DeputyKatherine Clark
Preceded byNancy Pelosi
Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
LeaderNancy Pelosi
Preceded byJoe Crowley
Succeeded byPete Aguilar
Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee
In office
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
Serving with Cheri Bustos and David Cicilline
LeaderNancy Pelosi
Preceded bySteve Israel (Chair)
Succeeded byMatt Cartwright
Debbie Dingell
Ted Lieu
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 8th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2013
Preceded byEdolphus Towns (Redistricting)
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 57th district
In office
January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2012
Preceded byRoger Green
Succeeded byWalter Mosley
Personal details
Born
Hakeem Sekou Jeffries

(1970-08-04) August 4, 1970 (age 54)
New York City, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Kennisandra Arciniegas
(m. 1997)
[1]
Children2
RelativesHasan Kwame Jeffries (brother)
Leonard Jeffries (uncle)
Education
WebsiteHouse website
Party website
Campaign website

Hakeem Sekou Jeffries (/ˌhɑːˈkm/ hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970[2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023. He has been the U.S. representative for New York's 8th congressional district since 2013 and was a member of the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2012.

Jeffries was born and raised in Crown Heights, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. He attended law school at New York University, graduating with honors and becoming a successful corporate lawyer before running for elected office. Both his state assembly district and congressional district are anchored in Brooklyn.

In Congress, Jeffries chaired the House Democratic Caucus from 2019 to 2023. The members of the caucus unanimously elected him to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader in November 2022. This made him the first African American to lead a party in either chamber of the United States Congress.

  1. ^ "Hakeem Jeffries Fast Facts". CNN. January 5, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Hakeem Sekou Jeffries – New York – Bio, News, Photos". Washington Times. October 12, 2012. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.

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