Senator
Alex Diaz de la Portilla
Majority (Republican) Leader

District 36
Republican

Committee Membership

• Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, Chair
• Policy and Steering Committee on Energy, Environment, and Land Use
• Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
• Ethics and Elections
• Regulated Industries
• Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations
• Joint Legislative Auditing Committee, Alternating Chair

District Information

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Legislative Service

• Elected to the Senate, January 25, 2000, reelected subsequently
  • Majority (Republican) Leader, 2008-2010
  • President Pro Tempore, 2002-2004
• House of Representatives, 1994-2000

Other Public Service

• Volunteer for Reagan-Bush Campaign, 1980
• Assistant to the State Director for the Reagan-Bush Youth Campaign, 1984
• Young Republican Leadership Conference, Washington, D.C., 1985, 1987 and 1989
• Delegate presidency I, II, III and IV of the Republican Party of Florida, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999
• Young Republican National Convention, delegate, 1985, 1987, 1989

Honors and Awards

• Florida Economic Development Council, Senator of the Year Award, 2003
• International Union of Police Associations, Legislator of the Year Award, 2003
• House sponsor of the most comprehensive education reform legislation in Florida history, 1999
• Winner of the James Madison Hero of the Year Award for his successful fight to improve the Florida Education System, 1999
• Dade County Optometric Association, Legislator of the Year, 1998
• Led reform movements urging more inclusion in Republican Party of Dade County, 1988 and 1998
• Honored by President Reagan and U.S. Department of Education, Secretary Bell, as one of a group of Hispanic youth leaders at a White House reception, 1983, when he was only 19 years old

Biographical Information