Jeanette Nuñez
Jeanette Nuñez | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| 7th President of Florida International University | |
| Assumed office February 17, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Kenneth A. Jessell |
| 20th Lieutenant Governor of Florida | |
| In office January 8, 2019 – February 16, 2025 | |
| Governor | Ron DeSantis |
| Preceded by | Carlos Lopez-Cantera |
| Succeeded by | Jay Collins |
| Speaker pro tempore of the Florida House of Representatives | |
| In office November 22, 2016 – November 20, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Matt Hudson |
| Succeeded by | MaryLynn Magar |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives | |
| In office November 2, 2010 – November 6, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | David Rivera |
| Succeeded by | Juan Fernandez-Barquin |
| Constituency | 112th district (2010–2012) 119th district (2012–2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeanette Marie Sánchez June 6, 1972 |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Adrian Nuñez (m. 1997) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Florida International University (BA, MPA) |
Jeanette Marie Nuñez (née Sánchez; born June 6, 1972) is an American university administrator and politician who currently serves as the president of Florida International University. Nuñez previously served as the 20th lieutenant governor of Florida from 2019 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she represented Miami-Dade County in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018, also serving as speaker pro tempore for her last two years in the office. Nuñez is the first Hispanic American woman to serve as Florida's lieutenant governor.
On February 16, 2025, Nuñez resigned as lieutenant governor to become interim president of Florida International University (FIU). In June 2025, she was confirmed as the seventh FIU president, and the first ever woman to hold the position.