Debbie Dingell
Debbie Dingell | |
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Official portrait, 2016 | |
| 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/ DING-gəl; 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). She is also a member of the board of directors for Vital Voices Global Partnership. 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. She was a superdelegate for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.