Lucien Nedzi

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(lawyer)
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BornLucien Norbert Nedzi
May 28, 1925)
Hamtramck, Michigan
Alma materUniversity of Detroit School of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Member ofPike Committee
PartyDemocrats

Lucien Nedzi was a US politician. He chaired the House Select Committee on Intelligence, which was known as the Nedzi Committee, from February 1975 until he resigned in June. Nedzi was seen as too friendly to the CIA, at a time when Congress wanted a critical investigation.[1]

Early life and education

Nedzi was born in Hamtramck, Michigan, a city surrounded on all sides by Detroit. Nedzi is of Polish descent. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1943. In 1951, he earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit School of Law. He was admitted to the Michigan bar in January 1952. [2] He remained a member of the United States Army Reserve (1946-53) and served briefly in the Korean War.

Politics

A member of the Democratic Party, Nedzi was the public administrator of Wayne County, Michigan from 1955 to 1961.

Nedzi was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the 87th United States Congress in a special election in 1961 to fill the vacancy left by resigning United States Representative Thaddeus M. Machrowicz. He was re-elected in the 1962 election and two years later he was elected from the 14th district and every two years after that until he declined to seek re-election in the 1980 election. In all, he sat from November 7, 1961 to January 3, 1981.

Nedzi chaired the House Select Committee on Intelligence, known as the Nedzi Committee, from February 1975 until he resigned in June after being seen as too friendly to the CIA[3][4], at a time when Congress wanted a critical investigation.[1] The committee's work was continued by the Pike Committee. In addition, Nedzi chaired the Joint Committee on the Library from 1973 to 1979 and the Committee on House Administration from 1979 to 1981.


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