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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaROS-LEHTINEN, Ileana
(1952—)
ROS-LEHTINEN, Ileana, a Representative from Florida; born Ileana Ros in Havana, Cuba, July 15, 1952; A.A., Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Fla., 1972; B.A., Florida International University, Miami, Fla., 1975; M.S., Florida International University, Miami, Fla., 1987; Ed.D University of Miami, Miami, Fl., 2004; founder, Eastern Academy; member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1982-1986; member of the Florida state senate, 1986-1989; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred First Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Claude D. Pepper; reelected to the nine succeeding Congresses (August 29, 1989-present).
Fernández, Mayra. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lawmaker (Beginning Biographies)
. Cleveland: Modern Curriculum Press, 1994.
”Ileana Ros-Lehtinen” in Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995
. Prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by Carmen E. Enciso and Tracy North, Hispanic Division, Library of Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1995.
“Ileana Ros-Lehtinen” in Women in Congress, 1917-1990.
Prepared under the direction of the Commission on the Bicentenary by the Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991.
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana. Current Human Rights Situation in Africa
. Upland, Pa.: Diane Pub Company, 1996.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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