Editing Sander Levin (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1931)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sander Levin
| image = Sander Levin, Official Portrait.JPG
| signature = Sander Levin Signature.svg
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| office  = Member of the <br />[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br />from [[Michigan]]
| term_start  = January 3, 1983
| term_end  = January 3, 2019
| predecessor  = [[William M. Brodhead]]
| successor  = [[Andy Levin]]
| constituency  = [[Michigan's 17th congressional district|17th district]] (1983–1993)<br />[[Michigan's 12th congressional district|12th district]] (1993–2013)<br />[[Michigan's 9th congressional district|9th district]] (2013–2019)
| office1 = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|House Ways and Means Committee]]
| term_start1 = March 4, 2010
| term_end1 = January 3, 2011
| predecessor1 = [[Charlie Rangel]]
| successor1 = [[Dave Camp]]
| state_senate3 = Michigan
| district3 = [[Michigan's 15th Senate district|15th]]
| term_start3 = January 13, 1965
| term_end3 = January 13, 1971
| predecessor3 = [[John Warner Fitzgerald|John W. Fitzgerald]]
| successor3 = Daniel S. Cooper
| birth_name = Sander Martin Levin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|9|6}}
| birth_place = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Vicki Schlafer|1958|2008|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Pamela Cole|2012}}
}}
| relatives = [[Carl Levin]] (brother)
| children = 4, including [[Andy Levin|Andy]]
| education = [[University of Chicago]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Columbia University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
| module              = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Sander Levin on the Bosnian War.ogg|title=Sander Levin's voice|type=speech|description=Sander Levin on U.S. government leadership in the [[Bosnian War]]<br/>Recorded May 6, 1993}}
}}

'''Sander Martin Levin''' (born September 6, 1931) is an American politician who served in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1983 to 2019, representing {{ushr|Michigan|9}} (numbered as the {{ushr|Michigan|17|17th District}} from 1983 to 1993 and as the {{ushr|Michigan|12|12th District}} from 1993 to 2013). Levin, a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] from [[Michigan]], is a former ranking member on the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|House Ways and Means Committee]];<ref name="house-democrats-sander-levin-231964">{{cite news | url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/house-democrats-sander-levin-231964 | title=Becerra vies for Ways and Means post as Levin steps aside  | author=Caygle, Heather| author2=Becker, Bernie | newspaper=[[Politico]] | date=November 11, 2010 | access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> he was Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee from 2010 to 2011. He was the older brother of former [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Carl Levin]], and is the father of former Congressman [[Andy Levin]], his successor.

In December 2017, Levin announced that he would retire from [[United States Congress|Congress]] at the end of his current term, and not seek re-election in [[United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2018#District 9|2018]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Peterson |first=Kristina |date=December 2, 2017 |title=Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan to Retire |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/rep-sander-levin-of-michigan-to-retire-1512230164 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] }}</ref> His son Andy was elected on November 6, 2018, and took office in the [[116th United States Congress|116th Congress]], which commenced on January 3, 2019.