Alex Diaz de la Portilla (born 25 August 1964 in Miami, Florida) is a Cuban-American politician and member of the Republican Party. He was the Senate Majority Leader in the Florida Legislature, representing the 36th District since 2000. He was President Pro Tempore from 2002 through 2004. Previously he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1994 through 2000.
Diaz de la Portilla attended the University of Miami.
Diaz de la Portilla led the Senate Domestic Security Committee in 2003. Diaz de la Portilla also chaired the powerful Communications, Energy and Public Utilities Committee in the Florida Senate.
He was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for State Representative for District 112 in 2012.
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