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February 18 , 1947 ) is a politician from the state of New York who currently represents the New York State 17th Congressional District ( map ). Engel was born in The Bronx and he graduated from Hunter-Lehman College . Engel was elected to the New York general assembly as a Democrat in 1976 . In 1988, Engel was elected to the House of Representatives , after defeating Congressman Mario Biaggi , who had been charged with racketeering in the Wedtech scandal, in the Democratic primary. (Biaggi was eventually jailed by Rudolph Giuliani and subsequently ran against and lost to Representative Engel in 1992). Engel is a member of the House International Relations Committee and the Middle East Subcommittee, as well as the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. He previously served on the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. Congressman Engel is also a member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, the Democratic Study Group on Health, and the Long Island Sound Caucus. He is a supporter of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and has also been an advocate for the causes of Albanian -Americans. In 2003, he authored the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act, which was signed into law by President Bush on December 12, 2003 [1] . In this Law, Congress authorized penalties and restrictions on US relations with Syria for its occupation of Lebanon and for its relationship with terrorist groups. Engel ran for re-election in 2004 and won a ninth term.¹

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Eliot Lance Engel (born February 18, 1947) is an American Democratic politician who currently represents New York's 17th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives . Engel represents part of the Bronx (including the neighborhoods as Riverdale , Woodlawn , Norwood , Williamsbridge , Van Cortlandt Village , and Wakefield ), parts of Westchester County (including all of Mount Vernon and parts of Yonkers , Irvington , Dobbs Ferry , Hastings-on-Hudson , and Tarrytown ) and parts of Rockland County (including the towns of Ramapo and Orangetown and the southern half of Clarkstown ). Engel won re-election in 2008 for his eleventh term.

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Representative for New York's 16th congressional district . He is a member of the Democratic Party . His new district, District 16, contains parts of the Bronx and Westchester County . In Westchester, it includes Yonkers , Mt. Mamaroneck , Pelham , Pelham Manor , Larchmont , Tuckahoe , Bronxville , Eastchester , Hastings-on-Hudson , Ardsley , Hartsdale , and Rye City. In the Bronx, it includes Riverdale , Woodlawn , Edenwald , Baychester , Williamsbridge , Van Cortlandt Village , and Wakefield , and Co-op City . District 17 consisted of parts of the Bronx , Westchester County , and Rockland County . In 2013, he became the ranking minority member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, replacing Howard Berman , who lost his re-election bid in the 2012 elections.

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Representative from New York Eliot Lance Engel ( / ˈ ɛ ŋ ɡ əl / ; born February 18, 1947) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 16th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party , he first entered Congress in 1989. Engel represented New York's 19th congressional district for two terms and New York's 17th congressional district for ten terms. His district currently contains parts of the Bronx and 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 .

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American politician (born 1947) For the American scholar, see Elliot Engel . Eliot Lance Engel ( / ˈ ɛ ŋ ɡ əl / ; 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. Thirty-one years later Biaggi's granddaughter , now a New York state senator, threw her support behind Engel's opponent. In 2020 , after 16 terms in office, Engel was defeated in the Democratic primary by middle school principal Jamaal Bowman .

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American politician (born 1947) For the American scholar, see Elliot Engel . Eliot Lance Engel ( / ˈ ɛ ŋ ɡ əl / ; 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 . Engel won his first congressional election in 1988, defeating Mario Biaggi in the Democratic primary. In 2019, following Democratic gains in the 2018 elections , Engel was named chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee ; he previously was its ranking member from 2013. In 2020 , after 16 terms in office, Engel was defeated in the Democratic primary by middle school principal Jamaal Bowman .

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