Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi
House Minority Leader
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2011
Deputy	Steny Hoyer
Preceded by	John Boehner
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007
Deputy	Steny Hoyer
Preceded by	Dick Gephardt
Succeeded by	John Boehner
60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2011
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Dennis Hastert
Succeeded by	John Boehner
House Minority Whip
In office January 15, 2002 – January 3, 2003
Leader	Dick Gephardt
Preceded by	David Bonior
Succeeded by	Steny Hoyer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 12th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Jackie Speier
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 8th district
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Ron Dellums
Succeeded by	Paul Cook
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 5th district
In office June 2, 1987 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by	Sala Burton
Succeeded by	Bob Matsui
Personal details
Born	Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro March 26, 1940 (1940-03-26) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Paul Pelosi (1963–present)
Children	Nancy Corinne Pelosi Christine Pelosi Jacqueline Pelosi Paul Pelosi Alexandra Pelosi
Residence	Cannon H.O.B. (Official) San Francisco, California (Private)
Alma mater	Trinity Washington University
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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Website	Representative Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is an American career politician. She is a member of the United States House of Representatives and was Speaker of the House from 2007 to 2011. She represents the 8th district of California, which is part of the city of San Francisco. She was first elected to Congress in 1987. Pelosi is a member of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman to lead a major party in the United States Congress. She is also the first woman and the first Italian-American to be the Speaker of the House.

Her father, Thomas D'Alesandro, Junior, was Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland and served five terms in Congress. Her brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also was Mayor of Baltimore.

Pelosi graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. in 1962. She and her husband, Paul Pelosi, who is from San Francisco, have five children: Nancy Corinne, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul and Alexandra, and five grandchildren.