Dan Donovan

Daniel Michael Donovan, Jr. (* 6. November 1956 in Staten Iceland , New York City , New York ) is an American lawyer and politician of the Republican Party . Since 2015 he has represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1974 Daniel Donovan graduated from Monsignor Farrell High School in Staten Island. He then studied criminal law at St. John's University until 1978 . After completing a regular law degree at Fordham University , he was admitted to the bar in 1988. In the meantime he worked as an investigator and youth advisor. From 1989 to 1996 he was the Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan , and from 1996 to 2001 he served on the staff of the District Mayor of Staten Island, Guy Molinari . In 2001 and 2002 he was Deputy District Mayor there. He then served as the District Attorney in Richmond County from 2002 to 2015 .

Following the resignation of Michael Grimm , convicted of tax fraud , Daniel Donovan was elected as his party's candidate in the Eleventh constituency of New York State to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on May 5, 2015. There he is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Homeland Security Committee . He also sits on a total of four sub-committees. Since he was confirmed in office in the 2016 election , he is also a member of the 115th Congress of the United States , which will meet on January 3, 2017 . His current mandate runs until January 3, 2019 with the option of a further candidacy in the 2018 election . His predecessor Michael Grimm competes against him in the pre-party internal primary of the Republicans; But Donovan is supported by the local and state party leadership.

Web links

Commons : Dan Donovan - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Daniel M. Donovan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Donovan at Project Vote Smart

Individual evidence

^ Rachel Shapiro: Grimm to officially announce run for Congress Sunday. In: Staten Island Advance , September 28, 2017 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Donovan, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Donovan, Daniel Michael junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 6, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Staten Island , New York City , New York

[1] Rachel Shapiro: Grimm to officially announce run for Congress Sunday. In: Staten Island Advance , September 28, 2017 (English).