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Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. (born January 21, 1951) served as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, from 2009 to 2015. Holder, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama, is the first African American to hold the position of U.S. Attorney General. Holder previously served as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. While U.S. Attorney, he prosecuted Congressman Dan Rostenkowski (D–Illinois) for corruption charges related to his role in the Congressional Post Office scandal. Later, he was Deputy Attorney General of the United States and worked at the law firm of Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. He was senior legal advisor to Barack Obama during Obama's presidential campaign and one of three members of Obama's vice-presidential selection committee. During the Fast and Furious investigation, he became the only cabinet member in U.S. history to be held in contempt of Congress. He was succeeded by Loretta Lynch on April 27, 2015. ==Early life== Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. was born in the Bronx, New York, to parents with roots in Barbados.〔 〕 Holder's father, Eric Himpton Holder, Sr. (1905–1970) was born in Saint Joseph, Barbados and arrived in the United States at the age of 11. He later became a real estate broker. His mother, Miriam, was born in New Jersey, while his maternal grandparents were immigrants from Saint Philip, Barbados.〔 Holder grew up in East Elmhurst, Queens, and attended public school until the age of 10. When entering the 4th grade he was selected to participate in a program for intellectually gifted students. In 1969, he graduated from Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan and attended Columbia University, where he played freshman basketball. He earned a B.A. degree in American history in 1973. Holder received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, graduating in 1976. He worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund during his first summer and the United States Attorney during his second summer.〔 While at Columbia, Holder was a member of the Student Afro-American Society, which staged a non-confrontational occupation of the ROTC lounge and demanded that it be renamed the Malcolm X Lounge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Attorney General Eric Holder was 'armed' when he took part in protest at Columbia and occupied a school office for FIVE days - Daily Mail Online )〕〔http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/nyregion/01holder.html?pagewanted=all〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hope. Change. Reality. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at Columbia College Commencement - OPA - Department of Justice )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our History : Black Students Organization )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Daily Caller: As College Student, Eric Holder Participated in ‘Armed’ Takeover of Former Columbia U ROTC Office )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eric Holder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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