22 Facts About Raumesh Akbari

Raumesh Aleza Akbari was born on April 14,1984 and is an American politician and member of the Tennessee Senate for the 29th district since 2019.

Raumesh Akbari was formerly a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 91st district.

Raumesh Akbari currently serves as First Vice Chair of the Education Committee, and a member of the Commerce and Labor Committee, and the Ethics Subcommittee.

Raumesh Akbari's father is from Iran, and her mother is from Memphis.

Raumesh Akbari is a 2002 graduate of Cordova High School in Memphis, Tennessee.

Raumesh Akbari attended Washington University in St Louis, where she graduated in 2006 with a BA in African American studies and a minor in political science.

In 2009, Raumesh Akbari received her Juris Doctor from St Louis University School of Law.

Raumesh Akbari currently directs legal affairs and human resources for Akbari Corp.

Senator Raumesh Akbari is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and The Links.

Raumesh Akbari was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2013 following a special election.

Raumesh Akbari served in the state House for three terms until her 2018 election to the Tennessee State Senate.

In 2015, Raumesh Akbari was elected by her peers to serve Tennessee as the state co-director of Women in Government, a national non-profit, non-partisan organization of female state legislators.

Raumesh Akbari currently serves as the President-Elect of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.

Raumesh Akbari was selected as one of seventeen speakers to jointly deliver the keynote address at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Raumesh Akbari delivered an address at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

In 2019, Raumesh Akbari was selected to be a Marshall Memorial Fellow in Europe for the German Marshall Fund.

In 2017, Raumesh Akbari introduced legislation to ban lifetime prison sentences for minors.

Raumesh Akbari advocated for the successful 2019 clemency of Cyntoia Brown and reintroduced the legislation in 2019.

Raumesh Akbari has advocated for cash bail reform, eliminating mandatory minimum sentences, and progressive sentencing laws.

Raumesh Akbari has advocated for the expansion of Tennessee's Medicaid program, as well as a state-level law that would ensure women receive equal pay for equal work.

Raumesh Akbari has worked to restore historic local grave sites, including those at Mount Carmel and Hollywood cemeteries which were previously inaccessible due to overgrowth.

Raumesh Akbari is an active volunteer with Meals on Wheels through the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association.