Danilo Burgos (born 19 January 1978) is an American politician serving as a member of the

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from the 197th district. Elected in November 2018, he assumed office on January 2, 2019.

Early life and education

Burgos was born in

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, the son of immigrants from the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...

. His family moved to

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when he was 10. Growing up, his family operated a grocery store. Burgos graduated from

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Career

Burgos opened a grocery store in 1998 and co-founded the Philadelphia Dominican Grocers Association. He also worked for city councilors Allan Domb and Maria Quiñones-Sánchez. When Burgos assumed office in 2019, he became the first Dominican-American to be elected to the

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. During the 2019–2020 legislative session, Burgos served as secretary of the House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee. During the 2020 presidential election, Burgos was a member of the

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's Latino Leadership Council.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burgos, Danilo American politicians of Dominican Republic descent Living people Politicians from Philadelphia Hispanic and Latino American people in Pennsylvania politics Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1978 births 21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly