Biography:
— Representative from Florida.
— Born in Havana, Cuba, January 17, 1954.
— Graduated from Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Fla., 1972.
— B.P.A., Barry University, Miami Shores, Fla., 1999.
— Attended Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1993.
— Firefighter.
— Chief of the Miami, Fla. fire-rescue department, 1991-2000.
— City manager, Miami, Fla., 2000-2003.
— Commissioner, Miami-Dade County, Fla., 2005-2011, Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Fla., 2011-2020.
— Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2021-present).