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John Eric Ensign (born March 25, 1958) is an American veterinary physician and former politician based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was a Congressman and United States Senator from Nevada, serving in the latter seat from January 2001 until May 2011. He resigned amid a Senate Ethics Committee investigation after revelations of an affair with an aide and allegations of questionable actions taken to keep it secret.〔 He is a member of the Republican Party and the former chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. Ensign and his family returned to Las Vegas after his resignation as senator, where he renewed his practice as a veterinarian and works at Boca Park Animal Hospital. == Early life, education, and early career == Ensign was born in 1958 in Roseville, California, to Sharon Lee Cipriani, whose father was Italian; and a father whose surname was Mueller.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/ensign.htm )〕 John's father abandoned the family when the boy was four; John and his mother moved to Nevada. His mother later married Michael S. Ensign, a gaming industry executive; he formally adopted young John, who considers him his "real father."〔 The senior Ensign later became chairman of the board of directors of Mandalay Resort Group, John Ensign attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, becoming a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1981. He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Colorado State University in 1985 and entered veterinary practice soon after. He became a successful businessman, opening a 24-hour animal hospital in Las Vegas. He owned two animal hospitals before entering politics.〔 In political campaigns, Ensign frequently referred to his ancestry, noting that he is one-eighth (1/8) Filipino.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://ensign.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Media.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=fd766f79-d7c7-9e6e-53f6-f70b2fb18393 )〕. But, he has never met his Philippine-born paternal grandfather Mueller, who is of Filipino-German ancestry and may still be living.〔 Ensign did not learn of this grandfather's ancestry until about 1994. 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「John Ensign」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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