Jeff Flake

Jeffry Lane Jeff Flake is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the junior United States Senator from Arizona since 2013.

Flake was born in Snowflake, Arizona, the son of Nerita and Dean Maeser Flake. His birth town was named in part for his greatgreatgrandfather, Mormon pioneer William J. Flake. Flake obtained a B.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in Political Science from Brigham Young University, he also worked as a Mormon missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints to South Africa in the early 1980s. He speaks Afrikaans. He worked in the public affairs sector after college and served as Executive Director of the Foundation for Democracy in Namibia and Executive Director of the Goldwater Institute before entering the House of Representatives. He opposed economic sanctions on South Africa in the 1980s, arguing that sanctions would harm the black population who were already suffering under Apartheid policies.

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