The lawmaker, who leads the House Republican Conference, is a Trump loyalist, a strong Israel supporter, and a Harvard graduate.
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as ambassador to the United Nations.
In a statement on his choice, Trump described Stefanik, 40, as “an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter.”
The ambassador represents the United States at the body, including at the U.N. Security Council, where the United States is one of just five permanent members.
Here are nine things to know about the candidate.
1. Youngest Woman Elected to Congress
Stefanik defeated both Democrat Aaron Wolf and Green Party candidate Matt Funiciello in 2014 in the contest to represent New York’s 21st District, a sprawling section of Upstate New York that stretches to the Canadian border.
When she began serving, she was just 30 years old—at the time, a record for a female member of Congress. Another woman from New York, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), set a…
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