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Gale Biography In Context.〕 }} Robert "Bob" Menendez (born January 1, 1954) is the senior United States Senator from the State of New Jersey. He is a member of the Democratic Party of the United States. First appointed to the U.S. Senate in January 2006, he was later elected Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in January 2013. In 1974, at the age of 20, he was first elected to the Union City School District's Board of Education and, in 1986, won the election for Mayor of Union City. In 1988, while continuing to serve as mayor, he was elected to represent the state's 33rd district in the General Assembly of New Jersey and, within three years, moved to the New Jersey State Senate, upon winning the March 1991 special election for the 33rd Senate district. By the next year of 1992, he won a seat in the Congress of the United States for the House of Representatives and represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district for six two-year terms, from 1993 to 2006. In January 2006, he was appointed to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jon Corzine, (being elected 54th Governor of New Jersey), and was elected to a full six-year term in November and re-elected following in 2012. Menendez is one of three Latinos in the Senate; the others – also of Cuban ancestry – are both Republicans, Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas, of which both also announced in April 2015, that they were Republican Party candidates for the office of President of the United States in the 2016 Presidential Election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wbez.org/blogs/achy-obejas/2012-08/explaining-senates-growing-conservative-latino-caucus-101449 )〕 In 2015, he was ranked #1 on ''The Hudson Reporter's'' annual Power List of the "Fifty Most Powerful Political Figures in Hudson County".〔Sullivan, Al; Davis, Carlo; Schwartz, Art; Passantino, Joseph (January 18, 2015). ''"The Union City Reporter"'', pp 1, 5, 9, 12〕 On April 1, 2015, Senator Menendez was indicted on federal corruption charges in the United States District Court, related to alleged favors he did for Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen and gifts he received from him, including campaign donations and private flights. Melgen was charged as well. Menendez has pleaded not guilty to all charges. ==Early life and education== Robert Menendez (later usually known as "Bob"), was born on January 1, 1954 in New York City, to Cuban immigrants〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com )〕 who had left Cuba a few months earlier, in late 1953. His father, Mario Menéndez, was a carpenter, and his mother, Evangelina, a seamstress.〔Gettleman, Jeffrey (December 10, 2005). ("Robert Menendez, a Politician Even at 20" ). ''The New York Times''.〕 The family subsequently moved to neighboring New Jersey where he grew up in a tenement in Union City. He attended Union Hill High School, where his speech teacher, Gail Harper, helped the introverted Menendez emerge as a powerful public speaker. Menendez explains, "My mother and Miss Harper made me understand the power of education, what it means to put a premium on learning and working hard."〔Sullivan, Al (December 22, 2013). "School of his own". ''The Union City Reporter''. pp. 1 and 8.〕〔("MENENDEZ, Robert, (1954 – )" ). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 23, 2012.〕 While at Union Hill, Menendez became the student body president.〔Bonamo, Mark J. (October 25, 2006). ("Hudson County's culture of corruption Its local roots and prospects for changeRead more: Hudson Reporter – Hudson County s culture of corruption Its local roots and prospects for change" ). ''Hudson Reporter''.〕 He went on to become the first in his family to go to college,〔 attending Saint Peter's College in Jersey City,〔〔("Biography" ). Robert Menendez-US Senator for New Jersey. United States Senate. Retrieved January 5, 2014.〕〔("SPOTLIGHT ON: Hon. Esther Salas ’94 – First Latina on New Jersey District Court" ). Rutgers School of Law. Retrieved January 5, 2014.〕 where he became a member of the Lambda Theta Phi fraternity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nicindy.org/blog/greeks-in-the-113th-congress/ )〕 He graduated with a B.A. in political science, and subsequently earned his Juris Doctor degree from Newark's Rutgers School of Law in 1979.〔〔〔 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「Bob Menendez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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