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Rubén E. Hinojosa (born August 20, 1940) is the retiring U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from Seguin (east of San Antonio), to McAllen on the Mexican border. Much of the region is rural although Hidalgo County is part of the third fastest-growing metropolitan statistical area in the country. Hinojosa serves on the House Financial Services and Education committees. ==Early life, education, and career== Hinojosa was born in Edcouch, Texas. The eighth of eleven children, Hinojosa was reared in Hidalgo County, which borders on Mexico, and earned two business degrees,〔a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and his MBA from the University of Texas-Pan American. For two decades, he was the president and chief financial officer of his family's food processing company, H&H Foods. U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan named H&H the “Number One Minority-Owned Business in America” in 1983. In 1987, the U.S. Small Business Administration named the Hinojosas “Minority Entrepreneur of the Year.” By 1994, the company was one of the major employers in the Rio Grande area, with 350 employees, and had begun to produce ready-to-eat foods. In 2005, it had $40 million in revenue but had 270 employees. In 1974, Hinojosa was elected to the Texas State Board of Education, a position which he held for ten years. Hinojosa’s father and uncle founded H&H Foods in 1947 as a slaughterhouse. Control of the firm passed in 1976 to himself and his brother, Liborio. He gave up his executive position when he entered Congress, but remained a director and major stockholder. 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「Rubén Hinojosa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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