Debbie Dingell | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2024 | |
| Leader | Hakeem Jeffries |
| Preceded by | Joe Neguse |
| Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Cheri Bustos David Cicilline Hakeem Jeffries |
| Succeeded by | Veronica Escobar Dean Phillips Lauren Underwood |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | John Dingell |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Deborah Ann Insley November 23, 1953 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican (until 1981) Democratic (1981–present) |
| Spouse | |
| Relatives | John Dingell Sr. (father-in-law) |
| Education | Georgetown University (BS, MS) |
| Website | House website |
Deborah Ann Dingell (/ˈdɪŋɡəl/; née Insley; November 23, 1953) is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2015, representing the state's 6th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she succeeded her late husband, John Dingell, who was the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history.
Dingell is active in several organizations in Michigan and Washington, D.C., and serves on a number of boards. She is a founder and past chair of the National Women's Health Resource Center and the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).[1] She is also a member of the board of directors for Vital Voices Global Partnership.[2] She is a 1975 graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
She worked as a consultant to the American Automobile Policy Council.[3] She was a superdelegate for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.[4][5]
- ^ "Meet Debbie". Office of Debbie Dingell. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Vital Voices. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ^ Beene, Ryan (October 26, 2009). "Debbie Dingell to take new post at American Automotive Policy Council". Crain's Detroit Business. Crain Communications. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ Akers, Mary Ann (February 27, 2008). "Debbie Dingell: Angst-ridden Superdelegate and Congressional Spouse". The Washington Post. No. The Sleuth (blog). Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ "Congressman John Dingell Makes Washington Quake, but Not His Executive Wife, Debbie". People.com. Retrieved November 25, 2014.