Current Role:
No current elected political role; Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (October 2015 – January 2019). Currently serves on several corporate and nonprofit boards, is Vice Chairman at Teneo, a partner at Solamere Capital, Founder of the American Idea Foundation, Professor of the Practice at the University of Notre Dame, and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute[3].

Previous roles:
- Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2015–2019)
- Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee (2015)
- Chairman, House Budget Committee (2011–2015)
- U.S. Representative, Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District (1999–2019)
- Republican Vice Presidential nominee (2012)[1][3][4]

Education:
- B.A. in Economics and Political Science, Miami University, 1992
- Honorary doctorate, Miami University[3][4]

Background:
- Born January 29, 1970, Janesville, Wisconsin
- Youngest of four children
- Fifth-generation Wisconsinite
- Father died when Ryan was 16; received Social Security survivors benefits for college
- Helped care for grandmother with Alzheimer’s after father’s death[4]

Career:
- Congressional intern and aide for Sen. Robert Kasten
- Speechwriter for Empower America and Jack Kemp
- Legislative director for Rep. Sam Brownback
- Marketing consultant at Ryan Incorporated Central (family business)[2][4]

Political positions:
- Republican Party
- Fiscal conservative, self-described deficit hawk
- Advocate for Social Security privatization, Medicare voucher system, Medicaid block grants
- Supported major tax cuts, repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and deregulation[2][4]

Legislative achievements:
- Led passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
- Key role in Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (2018), partially repealing Dodd–Frank
- Authored “Roadmap for America’s Future” and “Path to Prosperity” budget proposals
- Sponsored and co-sponsored numerous bills, but few became law[1][2][4]

Controversies:
- Budget proposals criticized for proposed entitlement reforms
- Remarks about military budgeting led to public apology to military leaders
- Faced criticism over limited legislative success of sponsored bills
- 2012 vice-presidential campaign defeat[2][4]

Paul Ryan is an American Republican politician born in Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1970. He represented Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District from 1999 to 2019 and served as the 54th Speaker of the House from 2015 to 2019. Ryan was Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential running mate in 2012 and is known for advancing major conservative fiscal reforms, including the 2017 tax cuts. After retiring from Congress, he joined corporate boards, founded the American Idea Foundation, and became a professor at the University of Notre Dame. Ryan remains active in public policy and business, emphasizing fiscal responsibility and economic opportunity.