USA
Democratic Senator Feinstein dies at 90
Dianne Feinstein in a photo from February this year. photo
© J. Scott Applewhite/AP/dpa
In 1992, Dianne Feinstein was elected to the US Senate for the state of California and was most recently the oldest senator in the congressional chamber. During her long career she held numerous high positions.
The Democrat from the state of California was the oldest senator in the congressional chamber. In February she announced that she would not run again in next year’s election for health reasons. Recently, given her health condition, she was confronted with calls for her resignation, including from her party colleagues.
Feinstein held numerous high-ranking positions in her long political career and, as a woman, was often a pioneer. From 1978 to 1988 she was the first female mayor of San Francisco, and in 1992 she was the first woman elected to the Senate for the influential state of California. She was also the first woman to chair the Intelligence Committee.