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Mark Peter Begich (; born March 30, 1962) is an American politician who was a United States Senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Mayor of Anchorage from 2003 to 2009. Born in Anchorage, Begich is the son of former U.S. Representative Nick Begich Sr.. He was elected to the Anchorage Assembly at the age of 26. He eventually served as chairman for three years, before leaving the Assembly in 1998. Begich ran two unsuccessful campaigns for mayor in 1994 and 2000 before being elected in 2003. In the 2008 Senate election, Begich narrowly defeated incumbent Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican member of the Senate of all time. In 2014, Begich was defeated in his bid for reelection by former Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan.〔Bohrer, Becky. (Republican Dan Sullivan wins Senate race in Alaska ), Associated Press, November 12, 2014.〕〔(2014 General Election – Unofficial Results ), Alaska Department of Elections, November 4, 2014.〕〔(Mark Begich concedes to Dan Sullivan ), ''Politico'' Retrieved November 23, 2014.〕〔(Democrat Begich concedes to Republican Sullivan in Alaska race ), Fox News, Retrieved November 23, 2014.〕 Following completion of his term in the U.S. Senate, he became a policy advisor on Native American affairs in the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry LLP.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Former Sen. Begich Joins Sonosky Chambers As Native Policy Advisor )〕 ==Early life, education and early political career== Begich was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. He is the son of Margaret Jean "Pegge" (née Jendro) and former U.S. Representative Nick Begich. His father disappeared in October 1972 during a flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska with then U.S. House Majority Leader Hale Boggs, but was reelected the next month, while missing, before both were declared legally dead.〔Murphy, Kim. ("Begich ends low-key approach" ). ''Los Angeles Times''. November 20, 2008.〕 The fourth of six children, he has two sisters and three brothers. His paternal grandparents were Croatian; his paternal grandfather John Begich immigrated to the United States from Croatia (then part of the empire of Austria-Hungary) in 1911.〔Begich, Tom. (2006-04-30). ("Tom Begich: Politics first" ) Interviewed by Judy Ferguson. ''Anchorage Daily News''. Retrieved 2007-04-04. Tom Begich, brother of Mark Begich, says of his father, "Until I was nearly 12, I grew up with a man who was a legend, the son of Croatian immigrants, but who disappeared Oct. 16, 1972, into the clouds."〕 His mother had Polish, Bohemian (Czech), Dutch, and English ancestry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=mark begich )〕 He attended Steller Secondary School in Anchorage. As an adolescent, he opened an 18-and-under club called "The Motherlode." At 18, he had obtained a business license to sell jewelry and was helping his mother manage a number of real estate properties. Because of his business opportunities, he decided not to go to college. His mother twice ran to fill her late-husband's Congressional seat in the 1980s, losing to current Representative Don Young both times.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Mark Begich )〕 During the 1988 legislative session, Begich worked as a legislative aide for State Representative Dave Donley. At 19, he started working in the Anchorage city health department and later worked as a driver for then-Anchorage Mayor Tony Knowles.〔 Begich was elected to the Anchorage Assembly in 1988, at age 26, and served until 1998, including three years as chairman and two as vice chairman.〔 Begich served for a number of years on the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, including as its chair. In 2001, Governor Tony Knowles appointed Begich to the University of Alaska Board of Regents, but the legislature did not confirm the appointment. 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「Mark Begich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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