Nancy Patricia Pelosi (/pəˈloʊsi/; née D'Alesandro; born March 26,
1940) is an American politician serving as Speaker of the United
States House of Representatives since 2019, and previously from 2007
to 2011. Pelosi has served as a U.S. Representative from California
since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the only woman in
U.S. history to serve as Speaker and the highest-ranking female
elected official in United States history. As House speaker, Pelosi is
second in the presidential line of succession, after the vice
president.Pelosi was first elected to Congress in 1987, following her
father, Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., who served as a U.S. representative
from Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore, into politics. She is the dean
of California's congressional delegation, having begun her 17th term
in 2019. Pelosi represents California's 12th congressional district,
which comprises four-fifths of the city and county of San Francisco.
She initially represented the 5th district (1987â€"93), and then, when
district boundaries were redrawn after the 1990 Census, the 8th
district (1993â€"2013). Pelosi has led the House Democrats since
2003â€"the first woman to lead a party in Congressâ€"serving twice
each as House minority leader (2003â€"07 and 2011â€"19) and as Speaker
(2007â€"11 and since 2019).Pelosi was a major opponent of the Iraq War
as well as the Bush administration's 2005 attempt to partially
privatize Social Security. During her first speakership, she was
instrumental in the passage of many of the Obama administration's
landmark bills, including the Affordable Care Act, the Doddâ€"Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Don't Ask, Don't
Tell Repeal Act, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and the
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