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Eugene Vindman
Eugene Semyon Vindman (born Yevgeny Semyonovich Vindman; June 6, 1975) is an American politician, lawyer, and retired U.S. Army officer serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a deputy legal advisor for the United States National Security Council (NSC) until he was reassigned on February 7, 2020.
Vindman came to national attention in October 2019 when his twin brother, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, testified before the United States Congress regarding the Trump–Ukraine scandal. Because of his position on the NSC, Eugene had received Alexander's report of President Trump's telephone call to Ukraine. Because of its unusual nature, Eugene Vindman reported the call to senior White House lawyers. Alexander Vindman's testimony provided evidence that resulted in a charge of abuse of power in the first impeachment of Donald Trump.
In 2024, Vindman won the Democratic nomination for Virginia's 7th congressional district in the 2024 election. He defeated Republican Derrick Anderson in the November 5 general election, and assumed office on January 3, 2025.
Yevgeny Semyonovich Vindman and his identical twin brother Alexander were born on June 6, 1975, to a Jewish family in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. After the death of their mother, the three-year-old twins and their older brother Leonid were brought by their father, Semyon (Simon) to New York in December 1979. Their father worked as a furniture mover when he arrived and taught himself English. The family lived in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn. Vindman appears briefly with his maternal grandmother in the 1985 Ken Burns documentary The Statue of Liberty.
In 1997, Vindman graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton in Binghamton, New York, with a bachelor of arts degree in history. He later received a master of science degree in general administration from Central Michigan University, a juris doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law, and a master of laws from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School.
Vindman was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army after receiving his bachelor degree and he rose to the rank of colonel. He served for 25 years as a paratrooper, infantryman, a Judge Advocate General's Corps attorney, and was deployed to Iraq.
Vindman retired from the Army in 2022. He retired at the rank of lieutenant colonel because he did not serve the full time required to retire as a colonel. Vindman's campaign literature has referred to him as a "Retired U.S. Colonel" or "Army Colonel Retired". After Vindman was questioned about the discrepancy, his campaign began to refer to him as a "former colonel". His military decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, six Meritorious Service Medals, a Joint Service Commendation Medal, three Army Commendation Medals, and three Army Achievement Medals.
During the Trump administration in 2018, Vindman was assigned as a deputy legal adviser to the National Security Council (NSC), where he was the senior ethics official. He was involved in reporting President Trump's attempt to coerce Ukraine into investigating President Biden and he faced retaliation by that Trump administration for his actions.
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Eugene Vindman
Eugene Semyon Vindman (born Yevgeny Semyonovich Vindman; June 6, 1975) is an American politician, lawyer, and retired U.S. Army officer serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a deputy legal advisor for the United States National Security Council (NSC) until he was reassigned on February 7, 2020.
Vindman came to national attention in October 2019 when his twin brother, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, testified before the United States Congress regarding the Trump–Ukraine scandal. Because of his position on the NSC, Eugene had received Alexander's report of President Trump's telephone call to Ukraine. Because of its unusual nature, Eugene Vindman reported the call to senior White House lawyers. Alexander Vindman's testimony provided evidence that resulted in a charge of abuse of power in the first impeachment of Donald Trump.
In 2024, Vindman won the Democratic nomination for Virginia's 7th congressional district in the 2024 election. He defeated Republican Derrick Anderson in the November 5 general election, and assumed office on January 3, 2025.
Yevgeny Semyonovich Vindman and his identical twin brother Alexander were born on June 6, 1975, to a Jewish family in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. After the death of their mother, the three-year-old twins and their older brother Leonid were brought by their father, Semyon (Simon) to New York in December 1979. Their father worked as a furniture mover when he arrived and taught himself English. The family lived in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn. Vindman appears briefly with his maternal grandmother in the 1985 Ken Burns documentary The Statue of Liberty.
In 1997, Vindman graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton in Binghamton, New York, with a bachelor of arts degree in history. He later received a master of science degree in general administration from Central Michigan University, a juris doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law, and a master of laws from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School.
Vindman was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army after receiving his bachelor degree and he rose to the rank of colonel. He served for 25 years as a paratrooper, infantryman, a Judge Advocate General's Corps attorney, and was deployed to Iraq.
Vindman retired from the Army in 2022. He retired at the rank of lieutenant colonel because he did not serve the full time required to retire as a colonel. Vindman's campaign literature has referred to him as a "Retired U.S. Colonel" or "Army Colonel Retired". After Vindman was questioned about the discrepancy, his campaign began to refer to him as a "former colonel". His military decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, six Meritorious Service Medals, a Joint Service Commendation Medal, three Army Commendation Medals, and three Army Achievement Medals.
During the Trump administration in 2018, Vindman was assigned as a deputy legal adviser to the National Security Council (NSC), where he was the senior ethics official. He was involved in reporting President Trump's attempt to coerce Ukraine into investigating President Biden and he faced retaliation by that Trump administration for his actions.
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