Mark Cisneros is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the

Iowa House of Representatives The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed ...

from the 91st district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 11, 2021.

Early life

The son of immigrants from

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, Cisneros was raised in

Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the List of the most populous counties in the United States, most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, ...

Career

He began his career with the

Los Angeles Park Ranger Division The City of Los Angeles Park Ranger Division is a Park Ranger division serving the City of Los Angeles, California parks. The headquarters of the City of Los Angeles Park Rangers is located at the Griffith Park visitor's center. The division is a ...

. Cisneros and his wife relocated from

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

Muscatine, Iowa Muscatine ( ) is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 23,797 at the time of the 2020 census, an increase from 22,697 in 2000. The county seat of Muscatine County, it is located along the Mississippi River. The lo ...

in 2008. He has since owned and operated two retail stores with his wife and worked in the trucking industry. He was elected to the

in November 2020 and assumed office on January 11, 2021. He is the vice chair of the House Commerce Committee. When Cisneros assumed office, he became the first member of the Iowa House of Hispanic heritage.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cisneros, Mark Living people Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives People from Los Angeles People from Los Angeles County, California People from Muscatine, Iowa Hispanic and Latino American state legislators 21st-century American politicians American politicians of Mexican descent Year of birth missing (living people)