page_title: Nancy Pelosi
section_title: House minority leader (2011–2019)
hierarchical_section_title: Nancy Pelosi / U.S. House of Representatives / House minority leader (2011–2019)
caption_attribution_description: English: President Barack Obama meets with Congressional Leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House to discuss ongoing efforts to find a balanced approach to the debt limit and deficit reduction, July 13, 2011. Pictured, from left, are: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
context_page_description: Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American politician serving as a congresswoman from California, and is the two-time and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, Pelosi is the only woman in U.S. history to serve as Speaker, and is the highest-ranking female elected official in United States history. As House speaker, Pelosi is second in the presidential line of succession, immediately after the vice president.
  Pelosi was first elected to Congress in 1987, following her father Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., who served as a U.S. Representative from Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore, into politics. She started her 17th term in 2019. She represents California's 12th congressional district, which consists of four-fifths of the city and county of San Francisco. She initially represented the 5th district, and then, when district boundaries were redrawn after the 1990 Census, the 8th district. Pelosi has led the House Democrats since 2003—being the first woman to lead a party in Congress—serving twice each as House minority leader, and as Speaker.
caption: President Barack Obama meets with Congressional Leadership, July 2011
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