Lee Zeldin
Lee Zeldin serves as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), leading the federal agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment. He is a former U.S. Representative from New York's 1st Congressional District, serving from 2015 to 2023, and was the Republican nominee for Governor of New York in 2022.
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Lee Zeldin is an American politician and current EPA Administrator under the Trump administration. Born on January 30, 1980, in Nashua, New Hampshire, he represents a career spanning military service and public office.
Zeldin served as a U.S. Army Reserve officer and was deployed to Iraq. He was elected to Congress in 2014, representing Long Island, New York, where he focused on veterans' affairs, national security, and environmental issues.
Following his congressional tenure, he ran for Governor of New York in 2022, garnering significant support in a traditionally Democratic state. In 2025, he was appointed as EPA Administrator, taking a leadership role in environmental and regulatory policy at the federal level.
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