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- Mel_Martínez abstract "Melquíades Rafael Martínez Ruiz, usually known as Mel Martínez (born October 23, 1946), is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as United States senator from Florida and served as chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007, the first Latino to serve as chairman of a major party. Previously, Martínez served as the 12th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George W. Bush. Martínez is a Cuban-American and Roman Catholic. He announced he was resigning as chairman of the Republican National Committee on October 19, 2007.Martínez resigned his United States Cabinet post on December 12, 2003, to run for the open U.S. Senate seat in Florida being vacated by retiring Democratic Senator Bob Graham. Martínez secured the Republican nomination and narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, Betty Castor. His election made him the first Cuban-American to serve in the U.S. Senate. Furthermore, he and Ken Salazar (who is Mexican-American) were the first Hispanic U.S. Senators since 1977. They were joined by a third, Bob Menéndez (who is also Cuban-American) in January 2006, until Salazar resigned from the Senate on January 20, 2009, to become Secretary of the Interior. On December 2, 2008, Martínez announced he would not be running for re-election to the Senate in 2010.On August 7, 2009, CNN and the Orlando Sentinel reported that Martínez would be resigning from his Senate seat. Later that month, Governor Charlie Crist announced that he would appoint George LeMieux as the successor to Martínez for the remaining year and a half of the Senate term.Two weeks after Martínez resigned his Senate seat, The Hill reported that he would become a lobbyist and partner at international firm DLA Piper. He left DLA Piper in August 2010 to become chairman of Chase Bank Florida and its operations in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Martinez is currently chairman of the Southeast and Latin America for JPMorgan, Chase & Co.Martínez also serves as a co-chair of the Housing Commission at the Bipartisan Policy Center.".
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- Mel_Martínez almaMater Florida_State_University.
- Mel_Martínez birthDate "1946-10-23".
- Mel_Martínez birthPlace Cuba.
- Mel_Martínez birthPlace Sagua_La_Grande.
- Mel_Martínez child John_Martínez.
- Mel_Martínez orderInOffice "12thUnited States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development".
- Mel_Martínez party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Mel_Martínez president George_W._Bush.
- Mel_Martínez profession Lawyer.
- Mel_Martínez religion Catholic_Church.
- Mel_Martínez residence Orlando,_Florida.
- Mel_Martínez successor Alphonso_Jackson.
- Mel_Martínez successor George_LeMieux.
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