Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., has died on the age of 70, his brother and present Home member Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., introduced.
“Defender of the silenced and oppressed, writer of the democracy requirement for the lifting of U.S. sanctions in opposition to the Cuban dictatorship, and the writer of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Aid Act (NACARA). Lincoln’s legacy of achievements will endure for generations, and continues the work of the Congressional Hispalic Management Institute (CHLI) which he co-founded in 2003,” Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart mentioned in a press release about his brother.
Lincoln Diaz-Balart served Floridians as a member of the Republican Social gathering. The Cuban refugee first acquired into politics by “main the Florida Younger Democrats and operating an unsuccessful marketing campaign for the Florida legislature as a Democrat in 1982,” his congressional biography states.
He formally switched his social gathering allegiance in 1985 and was elected to the Florida legislature in 1986. Then, he “sponsored legal guidelines strengthening sentences for crimes in opposition to regulation enforcement officers, growing penalties for drug-related cash laundering, offering low-interest loans for dwelling building, making a statewide program to fight substance abuse, and establishing disclosure guidelines for Florida corporations doing enterprise with Cuba,” in line with the biography.
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Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., from when he was in workplace. (Related Press)
He was sworn into Congress in January 1993 and served till his retirement in 2010. That very same yr, his brother Mario gained the election to succeed him within the twenty first Congressional District.
Diaz-Balart leaves behind his spouse of 48 years, Cristina; his son Daniel; two grandsons and three brothers. He was preceded in loss of life by his first son, Lincoln Gabriel.
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Former member of Congress Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), proper, interprets from Spanish to English for Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as Home International Affairs Committee Chair Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R- FL) addresses the U.S.-Cuba Democracy political motion committee throughout a marketing campaign occasion Jan. 25, 2012 in Miami. (Chip Somodevilla)
Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., speaks throughout a information convention to unveil the brand new Home Guidelines Committee Republican web site, and launch the “Out of Order” report documenting the “breakdown of debate, decorum and deliberation within the Home by the hands of the Guidelines Committee” on Sept. 25, 2007. (Douglas Graham/Roll Name)
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“Lincoln’s profound love for the US, and his relentless dedication to the reason for a free Cuba, guided him all through his life and his 24 years in elected public service, together with 18 years within the U.S. Home of Representatives,” Mario’s announcement mentioned. “We’ll miss him infinitely.”
