Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023) was an American politician. She was the senior United States Senator from California.  She was a member of the U.S. Democratic Party and was  in Senate since November 4, 1992. She was also the 38th Mayor in San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.

She was the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration.

On February 14, 2023, she announced her decision not to run for reelection to a sixth term in 2024. 

Early life
She was born in San Francisco, California. Feinstein is of Polish-German-Russian-Jewish descent.

Death
Feinstein died on September 29, 2023 at her home in Washington, D.C. from problems caused by encephalitis at the age of 90.

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