Nancy Pelosi after being re-elected as speaker of the US House of Representatives on January 3, 2021. Reuters
Nancy Pelosi, here in her home city of San Francisco in 1987, was first elected to the house in the same year and steadily moved up the ranks, securing leadership positions before winning her first term as speaker in 2007. AP
Ms Pelosi in a meeting with fellow Democrat Steny Hoyer in 2006. AP
Ms Pelosi and Democratic Senator Richard Durbin in 2007. AP
The 82-year-old has been speaker under four US presidents, including George W Bush in 2007. AP
Ms Pelosi surrounded by children and grandchildren in 2007. AP
Ms Pelosi and her husband Paul in 1987. AP
The Dalai Lama and Ms Pelosi in 2009. AP
Ms Pelosi with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during her annual Women's History Month reception in 2015. AP
US President Joe Biden with Ms Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the US Capitol on January 6, 2022. AP
On January 28, 2016, she presented Barack Obama with a copy of the Iran nuclear agreement legislation. AP
At a swearing-in ceremony for congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. AFP
Ms Pelosi takes the gavel from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in 2019. AP
Ms Pelosi, 82, and two other top leaders have been under pressure the past few years from younger Democrats to yield power after two decades at the helm. EPA
Ms Pelosi looking less than impressed as President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in 2019. EPA
Ms Pelosi rips up Mr Trump's speech. AP
Ms Pelosi announcing the passage of Article II of impeachment against Mr Trump in December 2019. AP
Trump-supporter Richard Barnett in Ms Pelosi's office during the January 6, 2021 occupation of the Capitol. AFP
Chuck Schumer chatting to Nancy Pelosi in 2021. Getty Images / AFP
