Irene Aguilar | |
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Member of the Colorado Senate from the 32nd district | |
In office January 2011 –January 4, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Chris Romer |
Succeeded by | Robert Rodriguez |
Personal details | |
Born | Chicago,Illinois,U.S. | April 5,1960
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Thomas W. Bost,MD |
Profession | Doctor |
Dr. Irene Aguilar (born April 5,1960) is a former Democratic member of the Colorado Senate. She represented the 32nd district from 2011 to early 2019. Her district encompassed part of the city of Denver,Colorado. [1]
Born in Chicago,Illinois,Aguilar completed her undergraduate degree at Washington University in St. Louis. She received a medical degree from University of Chicago- Pritzker School of Medicine. [2]
Aguilar was appointed by Governor Romer to the Colorado Board of Medical Examiners in 1993,where she served for eight years. She has since continued to serve the board as a consultant. [3] She was appointed to her first term in the State Senate in December 2010 after being chosen by a vacancy committee to replace Sen. Chris Romer.
In the 2011 session of the Colorado General Assembly,Aguilar was Vice-Chair of the Business,Labor and Technology Committee,and a member of the Health and Human Services Committee and the Local Government and Energy Committee.[ citation needed ]