Mario Diaz-Balart

Politician

Male

Born Sep 25, 1961

Age 51

Hometown Fort Lauderdale, ...

Political Party Republican Party ...

Alma Mater University of Sou...

Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart is the current U.S. Representative for, serving since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2010 to succeed his brother, Lincoln Diaz-Balart. Mario Diaz-Balart previously served in the from 2003 to 2011.

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Mario Diaz-Balart

Age 51

parents

Rafael Diaz-Balart
Father, d.2005

siblings

Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Brother, Age 58
Jose Diaz-Balart
Brother, Age 53

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Isabel Kaplan: Jay Z, Beyoncé, And Me: Our Trips To Cuba
The Huffington Post - Apr 13, 2013

I have just returned from two weeks in Cuba, and am now convinced that America's sanctions against Cuba (as governed by the Trading With the Enemy Act) are not only outdated and ineffective, they're exacerbating the difficulties faced by countless innocent Cubans -- Cubans who are not in any way "the Enemy." The U.S. embargo against Cuba restricts trade, travel, and all interactions that involve American money ending up in Cuban hands. These regulations were issued in 1963, in res...
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U.S. Gov. Releases Official Statement On Beyonce And Jay Z's Trip
Huffington Post - Apr 10, 2013

MIAMI -- U.S. Treasury officials say the trip by Beyonce (bee-AHN'-say) and Jay-Z to Cuba was licensed as an educational exchange. Assistant Treasury Secretary Alastair Fitzpayne wrote in a letter Tuesday to congressional representatives that the famous hip-hop couple traveled to Cuba with a group authorized by the Office of Foreign Assets Control to promote people-to-people contact in Cuba. The letter was released Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (ih-lay-AH'-na...
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5 Human Rights Disasters Beyoncé And Jay Z Could've Visited Instead Of Cuba
Huffington Post - Apr 09, 2013

Opponents of the Castro government were quick to pounce on musical power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z for visiting Cuba for an anniversary trip recently. In a letter dated April 5 to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, which issues the licenses that U.S. citizens need to spend money legally on the island, Cuban-American Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fl.) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fl.) slammed the couple and demanded an explanation: Cuba’s to...
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Cuban American U.S. Representatives Angered By Jay Z, Beyoncé Cuba Visit
Huffington Post - Apr 08, 2013

MIAMI -- Beyonce and Jay-Z's trip to Cuba has angered two Cuban-American politicians who are demanding information on whether the couple's visit to the communist island was licensed. U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida have written to the U.S. Department of Treasury expressing concern about the trip. In the letter, both said they represent a community that has been "deeply and personally harmed by the Castro regime's ...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1961 Birth Diaz-Balart was born in Fort Lauderdale in 1961 to the late Cuban politician Rafael Diaz-Balart. … Read More

TWENTIES

1985 23 Years Old He attended the University of South Florida to study political science before beginning his public service career as an aide to then-Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez in 1985. … Read More

1988 26 Years Old He was elected to the Florida House in 1988 and moved to the Florida Senate in 1992.

THIRTIES

2000 38 Years Old He returned to the Florida House in 2000. … Read More

FORTIES

2008 46 Years Old On September 29, 2008, Diaz-Balart voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 … Read More

2010 48 Years Old 1 More Event

… A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2010 to succeed his brother, Lincoln Diaz-Balart. … Read More

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