Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries is an American politician. Born August 4, 1970, in Brooklyn. Positions held include member of the New York State Assembly (2007–2012), United States representative (2013–) and Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives (2023–). Educated at New York University School of Law and Georgetown University. Awards include Order of Merit, 1st class.
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What Wikidata says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 2568642761
- Described as
- American politician (born 1970)
- Other names
- Hakeem Sekou Jeffries, Hakeem S. Jeffries, Brooklyn’s Barack, Kid Fresh
- Born
- August 4, 1970
- Born in
- Brooklyn · 1 reference
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- politician · 1 reference; lawyer · 1 reference; clerk (1997–1998) · 1 reference
- Positions held
- member of the New York State Assembly (2007–2012) · 1 reference; United States representative (2013–) · 2 references; Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives (2023–)
- Political party
- Democratic Party · 1 reference
- Worked for
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Viacom
- Education
- New York University School of Law; Georgetown University (–1994) · 1 reference; New York University (–1997) · 1 reference; Midwood High School; Binghamton University (–1992) · 1 reference
- Member of
- Kappa Alpha Psi; U.S.-Japan Caucus · 1 reference; Congressional Black Caucus · 1 reference; Congressional Progressive Caucus · 1 reference
- Awards
- Order of Merit, 1st class (2024) · 1 reference
- Religion
- Baptists · 1 reference
- Website
- http://jeffries.house.gov · 1 reference
- Wikipedias with a page
- 41
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1385534842
Hakeem Sekou Jeffries ( hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the U.S. representative for New York's 8th congressional district. From 2007 to 2012, he represented the 57th district in the New York State Assembly. A member of the Democratic Party, Jeffries has served since 2023 as the leader of the House Democratic Caucus and House minority leader.
Jeffries was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn and raised in the Crown Heights neighborhood. He attended law school at New York University, graduating with honors and becoming a 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, making him the first African American to lead a party in either chamber of the United States Congress.
- Born, in its opening lines
- August 4, 1970
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