About John Boehner

【明報專訊】John Boehner was born in Cincinnati in November, 1949. He first worked with a small sales business in the packaging and plastics industry and subsequently became president of that firm. He entered the political arena as a Union Township trustee in 1982. He was a representative to the Ohio state legislature from 1984 to 1990. He was returned to the House of Representatives by Ohio's Eighth Congressional District and has since been an active congressman. In 2008, Boehner was again elected House Republican Leader. As the Republicans have taken control of the House, he is now Speaker of the House (眾議院議長).