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Justin A. Amash (; born April 18, 1980) is an American attorney, and Republican member of Congress. In January 2011, he began serving as the U.S. Representative for . The district, based in Grand Rapids, had once been represented by former President Gerald Ford (the district was numbered as the 5th District at the time). Amash was first elected to the House in the 2010 election. Previously he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives representing the 72nd District, which is centered on the city of Kentwood and includes his home in Cascade Township as well as the townships of Caledonia and Gaines. At the age of 30, Amash assumed office as the second youngest sitting U.S. Representative, behind 29-year-old Aaron Schock of Illinois. As of 2013, Amash was the 6th youngest U.S. Representative. He is Chairman of the House Liberty Caucus〔http://houselibertycaucus-amash.house.gov/membership〕 and associated with the Tea Party movement. Conor Friedersdorf, writing for ''The Atlantic'', called Amash "one of the most important civil libertarians in the House of Representatives". Tim Murphy wrote in ''Mother Jones'': "Karl Rove calls him a 'liberal Republican'; Democrats insist his fiscal policy makes Paul Ryan look like a New Dealer; some in the GOP establishment just straight up say he's an asshole."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Will GOP Rebel Justin Amash Bring Down the NSA—and His Own Party? )〕 ==Early life and career== Born in Grand Rapids, and raised in Kentwood, Amash is a second-generation Arab-American of Palestinian Christian and Syrian Greek Orthodox descent. His father is a Palestinian business owner, whose family emigrated to the United States in 1956〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Justin Amash casts himself in Ron Paul's mold )〕 through the sponsorship of a Christian pastor and his family. His mother is a Syrian immigrant to the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Will GOP Rebel Justin Amash Bring Down the NSA – and His Own Party? )〕 Amash attended Kelloggsville Christian School in Kelloggsville and graduated as class valedictorian from Grand Rapids Christian High School. He graduated from the University of Michigan ''magna cum laude'' with a B.A. in Economics and earned his J.D. at the University of Michigan Law School in 2005. Amash admires economists F. A. Hayek and Frédéric Bastiat.〔 Amash is married and the father of three children. He belongs to the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.〔(Justin Amash ) on Facebook.〕 After graduating from the University of Michigan, he became a consultant to his family's tool business. He worked as a corporate attorney for his family's business for a year, before being elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2008. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Justin Amash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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