U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly news conference in Washington on Jan. 20, 2022. Eric Lee/Pool via REUTERS
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had hip replacement surgery Saturday at a U.S. military hospital in Germany after falling while at an event with other members of Congress.
Pelosi, 84, “is well on the mend,” said Ian Krager, a spokesman for the California Democrat, in a statement.
Pelosi thanked the staff at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and the hospital in Luxembourg, where she also was treated, for “their excellent care and kindness.”
She was in Europe with a bipartisan congressional delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
Pelosi tripped and fell at an event in Luxembourg and fractured her hip, according to people who were not authorized to publicly discuss her injuries and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Among those on the trip was Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, who posted on social media Friday that he was “praying for a speedy recovery,” for Pelosi. The two lawmakers were captured holding hands in a group photo that day at the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg.
Pelosi was first elected in 1987. She served as speaker twice and stepped down from her leadership post two years ago but remained in Congress. She was reelected to represent her San Francisco district in November.