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Samuel Bernard Nunez, Jr., known as Sammy Nunez (January 27, 1930 – January 15, 2012), was a Louisiana politician and businessman from Chalmette, the seat of St. Bernard Parish in the New Orleans suburbs. From 1964 to 1969, Nunez was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. From 1969 to 1996, the Democrat Nunez was a state senator. He was the State Senate President from 1983 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1996, when his legislative tenure ended in defeat. He was the State Senate President Pro Tempore from 1980 to 1983 and 1988 to 1990. In 1973, he was a delegate to the Louisiana State Constitutional Convention, where he pushed for inclusion of the homestead exemption on property taxes.〔 ==Background== Nunez's forebears came from the Canary Islands. He was the son of Sammy Nunez, Sr. (1910–1977),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Security Death Index )〕 and Leonia Nunez (1912–2002)〔 After the death of the senior Nunez, Leonia married Arthur John Alphonso (1911–1999),〔 a shipyard foreman from Violet in St. Bernard Parish. Nunez had a brother, Hillary Joseph "Tookie" Nunez, who predeceased him.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Obituaries from Orleans Parish, Louisiana, November 2006 )〕 Nunez graduated from Joseph Maumus High School in Arabi in St. Bernard Parish and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. From 1951 to 1955, he served in the United States Air Force, with participation in the Korean War.〔 In 1983, Nunez became Senate President by acclamation〔"O'Keefe resigns; Nunez elected," ''Minden Press-Herald'', April 19, 1983, p. 3〕 when Michael H. O'Keefe of New Orleans was indicted, maintained his innocence, but was ultimately convicted of a federal crime and imprisoned.〔Ron Gomez, ''My Name Is Ron And I'm a Recovering Legislator: Memoirs of a Louisiana State Representative'', Lafayette, Louisiana: Zemog Publishing, 2000, pp. 59-70, ISBN 0-9700156-0-7〕 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「Samuel B. Nunez, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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