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Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is the 60th and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, following the 2006 Congressional elections, and is the first woman, first Californian, and first Italian American in U.S. history to hold that office. As No. 2 in the Presidential line of succession (following Dick Cheney), she is the highest-ranked Democrat in line for the Oval Office. No woman has been closer to the Presidency.
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Nancy Pelosi | |
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60th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 4, 2007 | |
Preceded by | Dennis Hastert |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 8th district | |
Assumed office June 2, 1987 | |
Preceded by | Ron Dellums |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Paul Pelosi |
Pelosi was the House Minority Leader of the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses of the United States. Since 1987, she has been the representative from the 8th district of California (numbered as 5th until 1993), which falls entirely within and includes most of the city and county of San Francisco.