Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

What impresses me about Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is sheer staying power. Born in Havana in 1952 and arriving in Miami as a Cuban exile, she studied at the University of Miami and then served in the U.S. House from 1989 to 2019, eventually chairing the Foreign Affairs Committee and becoming Florida's most senior representative. Setting partisan questions aside, the arc of an immigrant's daughter rising to steer American foreign policy is a genuine embodiment of the country's promise. Thirty years in a chamber that chews people up demands real grit, and I find that tenacity, recognized with honors like the Order of Propitious Clouds, quietly remarkable.

Name (English)

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Name (Japanese)

イリアナ・ロス＝レイティネン

Reading

いりあな・ろす＝れいてぃねん

Born

July 15, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

Origin

Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Occupation

politician

High school

Southwest Miami High School

University

University of Miami

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Florida Women's Hall of Fame
• 2018 Order of Propitious Clouds
• 2006 Great Immigrants Award

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://ros-lehtinen.house.gov
• Xhttps://x.com/RosLehtinen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Havana Province
• politician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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