Gregory Meeks

Gregory Meeks is the kind of durable, deeply rooted politician I find genuinely impressive. Raised in East Harlem and trained as a lawyer, he has held a U.S. House seat from New York since 1998 and rose to chair the Foreign Affairs Committee, putting a kid from a tough neighborhood at the center of American diplomacy. That arc takes real negotiating skill and stubborn endurance. He also runs the Queens County Democratic machine, keeping one foot firmly local and one on the world stage. I tend to trust the politicians who simply keep showing up for decades, and Meeks fits that mold.

Name (English)

Gregory Meeks

Name (Japanese)

グレゴリー・ミークス

Reading

ぐれごりー・みーくす

Born

September 25, 1953 (age 72)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

Origin

East Harlem, New York, United States

Occupation

politician / lawyer

High school

Julia Richman High School

University

Adelphi University

• Official sitehttps://meeks.house.gov
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/repgregorymeeks/
• Xhttps://x.com/RepGregoryMeeks
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory%20Meeks
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1545391

Tags

• New York
• politician
• lawyer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.