Eliot Engel

Eliot Engel
Official portrait, 2003
Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
Preceded by	Ed Royce
Succeeded by	Gregory Meeks
Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by	Howard Berman
Succeeded by	Michael McCaul
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2021
Preceded by	Mario Biaggi
Succeeded by	Jamaal Bowman
Constituency	19th district (1989–1993) 17th district (1993–2013) 16th district (2013–2021)
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 81st district
In office March 7, 1977 – January 1, 1989
Preceded by	Alan Hochberg
Succeeded by	Stephen B. Kaufman
Personal details
Born	Eliot Lance Engel (1947-02-18) February 18, 1947 (age 77) New York City, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Patricia Ennis
Children	3
Residence(s)	The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Education	Lehman College (BA, MS) New York Law School (JD)
Eliot Engel's voice Eliot Engel voices his support for a resolution condemning the persecution of the Rohingya people in Myanmar Recorded May 7, 2014

Eliot Lance Engel (/ˈɛŋɡəl/; born February 18, 1947) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1989 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented a district covering portions of the north Bronx and southern Westchester County.

In 2019, following Democratic gains in the 2018 elections, he took over as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; he previously was its ranking member from 2013, following Howard Berman's reelection defeat in 2012.

He had won his first congressional election in 1989 by defeating Mario Biaggi, who did not campaign though his name was on the ballot. In 2020, after 16 terms in office, Engel was defeated in the Democratic primary by middle school principal Jamaal Bowman.