Gregory Meeks | |
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 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Michael McCaul |
| Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Eliot Engel |
| Succeeded by | Michael McCaul |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
| Assumed office February 5, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Floyd Flake |
| Constituency | 6th district (1998–2013) 5th district (2013–present) |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 31st district | |
| In office January 1, 1993 – January 3, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Anthony S. Seminerio |
| Succeeded by | Pauline Rhodd-Cummings |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gregory Weldon Meeks September 25, 1953 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Simone-Marie Meeks |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Adelphi University (BA) Howard University (JD) |
| Website | Campaign website House website |
Gregory Weldon Meeks (born September 25, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who has been a U.S. representative from New York since 1998. He is a member of the Democratic Party and chaired the House Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2023. He still sits on the committee as ranking member.
In the last Congress, Meeks's district included most of southeastern Queens, including Jamaica, Laurelton, Rosedale, Cambria Heights, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, The Rockaways, and the John F. Kennedy International Airport. It was made up largely of economically diverse African-American and West Indian American communities, but also included a small part of Ozone Park and part of Howard Beach known as Old Howard Beach, both of which are predominantly middle-class Italian-American communities. He also represented much of Kew Gardens and northern Richmond Hill, as well as the largely Irish American western part of Rockaway Peninsula.