Eliot Engel | |
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 Official portrait, 2003 | |
| Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Royce |
| Succeeded by | Gregory Meeks |
| Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Howard Berman |
| Succeeded by | Michael McCaul |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
| In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Mario Biaggi |
| Succeeded by | Jamaal Bowman |
| Constituency | 19th district (1989–1993) 17th district (1993–2013) 16th district (2013–2021) |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 81st district | |
| In office March 7, 1977 – January 1, 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Hochberg |
| Succeeded by | Stephen B. Kaufman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eliot Lance Engel February 18, 1947 New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Patricia Ennis |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Lehman College (BA, MS) New York Law School (JD) |
Eliot Lance Engel (/ˈɛŋɡəl/; born February 18, 1947) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1989 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented a district covering portions of the north Bronx and southern Westchester County.
In 2019, following Democratic gains in the 2018 elections, he took over as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; he previously was its ranking member from 2013, following Howard Berman's reelection defeat in 2012.
He had won his first congressional election in 1989 by defeating Mario Biaggi, who did not campaign though his name was on the ballot. In 2020, after 16 terms in office, Engel was defeated in the Democratic primary by middle school principal Jamaal Bowman.