PERSON: Yassamin Ansari

U.S. House of Representatives

Member of Congress

Yassamin Ansari (born April 7, 1992) is an American politician and climate policy activist who has served as the U.S. representative for Arizona’s 3rd congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served on the Phoenix City Council from 2021 to 2024.

At the time of her election to the Phoenix City Council, Ansari was the youngest person to be elected to the council and the first Iranian American elected to public office in Arizona. Ansari is also the youngest female member of Congress.

Ansari was born in Seattle, Washington, to parents who immigrated to the United States from Iran. Ansari grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona and attended Chaparral High School. In high school, she organized with the Arizona Democratic Party in support of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and worked with her mother to tutor Somali refugees. Ansari attended Stanford University, and received a bachelor’s degree in international relations. During college, Ansari interned for Nancy Pelosi.

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