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Federico Peña
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Federico Fabian Peña | |
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| 12th United States Secretary of Transportation | |
In office January 21, 1993 – February 14, 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Andrew Card |
| Succeeded by | Rodney E. Slater |
| 8th United States Secretary of Energy | |
In office March 12, 1997 – June 30, 1998 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Hazel R. O'Leary |
| Succeeded by | Bill Richardson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1947-03-15) March 15, 1947 Laredo, Texas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Cindy Velasquez (previously married to Ellen Hart Pena) |
| Children | Nelia Pena Cristina Pena Ryan Pena |
| Alma mater | University of Texas-Austin |
Federico Fabian Peña (born March 15, 1947) was United States Secretary of Transportation from 1993 to 1997 and United States Secretary of Energy from 1997 to 1998, during the presidency of Bill Clinton.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Later career
3 Personal life
3.1 Honors
4 References
Early life |
Born in Laredo, Texas, Peña earned a B.A. (1969) and a J.D. (1972) from the University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas School of Law. Moving to Colorado, where he became an attorney, Peña was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1979, where he became the Minority Leader. In 1983, Peña became the first Hispanic Mayor of Denver, and he was re-elected in 1987.
Career |
Peña advised Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton on transportation issues during Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign, and Clinton chose Peña to head the United States Department of Transportation. Although he was going to leave Clinton's cabinet after Clinton's first term, Peña also served as Secretary of Energy for one year, from 1997 to 1998.[1] In 1995 the Justice Department began a preliminary investigation into a California transit agency's awarding of a pension management contract to Peña's former investment management firm. However, Peña had cut all connections to his former company both before the contract and before becoming Transportation Secretary. On March 17, 1995 Janet Reno ended the investigation.[2]
Later career |
When Peña left the Clinton administration, he returned to Denver and joined investment firm Vestar Capital Partners in August 1998, as Senior Advisor. On January 18, 2000, Vestar announced that Peña had become one of the firm's Managing Directors.[3]
Personal life |
Peña is the father of three children: Nelia, Cristina, and Ryan Peña. The divorce of Federico Peña and his first wife, Ellen Hart Peña, became final on September 10, 2001. Federico Peña married Cindy Velasquez on September 2, 2006. Cindy Velasquez is a former broadcast executive for Channel 7, KMGH-TV, and Channel 9, KUSA-TV, in Denver, Colorado.
On September 7, 2007, Peña announced that he would support Sen. Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, and also serve as Obama's National Campaign Co-chair. The move was important in that Peña did not support Sen. Hillary Clinton, the wife of the president under whom he served.[4] On November 5, 2008, he was named to the advisory board of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.[5]
Honors |
Peña Boulevard, a freeway in Denver connecting Denver International Airport to Interstate 70, is named for him. As mayor of Denver, Peña led the effort to build the airport.
References |
↑ Pena Resigns as Energy Secretary, Citing Concerns for Family, NY Times, April 7, 1998 [1]
↑ Secretary of Transportation Will Not Face a Prosecutor, NY Times, March 17, 1995 [2]
↑ http://www.vestarcapital.com/news/details.aspx?id=178
↑ http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/09/07/clinton-cabinet-member-backs-obama/ CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Clinton cabinet member backs Obama « - Blogs from CNN.com
↑ Sweet, Lynn Jarrett, Podesta, Rouse to lead Obama transition; Bill Daley co-chair Chicago Sun-Times, November 5, 2008
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William H. McNichols, Jr. | Mayor of Denver 1983–1991 | Succeeded by Wellington Webb |
| Preceded by Andrew Card | United States Secretary of Transportation 1993–1997 | Succeeded by Rodney Slater |
| Preceded by Hazel R. O'Leary | United States Secretary of Energy 1997–1998 | Succeeded by Bill Richardson |
United States Secretaries of Energy | ||
|---|---|---|
Schlesinger • Duncan • Edwards • Hodel • Herrington • Watkins • O'Leary • Peña • Richardson • Abraham • Bodman • Chu • Moniz |  | |
United States Secretaries of Transportation | ||
|---|---|---|
Boyd • Volpe • Brinegar • Coleman • Adams • Goldschmidt • Lewis • Dole • Burnley • Skinner • Card • Peña • Slater • Mineta • Peters • LaHood • Foxx • Chao |  | |
Cabinet of President William Clinton (1993 – 2001) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vice President | Al Gore (1993 – 2001) |  |
| Secretary of State | Warren Christopher (1993 – 1997) • Madeleine Albright (1997 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Lloyd Bentsen (1993 – 1994) • Robert Rubin (1995 – 1999) • Lawrence Summers (1999 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Defense | Les Aspin (1993 – 1994) • William Perry (1994 – 1997) • William Cohen (1997 – 2001) | |
| Attorney General | Janet Reno (1993 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Bruce Babbitt (1993 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of the Agriculture | Mike Espy (1993 – 1994) • Dan Glickman (1994 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Commerce | Ronald Brown (1993 – 1996) • Mickey Kantor (1996 – 1997) • William M. Daley (1997 – 2000) • Norman Mineta (2000 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Labor | Robert Reich (1993 – 1997) • Alexis Herman (1997 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Health and Human Services | Donna Shalala (1993 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Education | Richard Riley (1993 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Henry Cisneros (1993 – 1997) • Andrew Cuomo (1997 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Transportation | Federico Peña (1993 – 1997) • Rodney E. Slater (1997 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Energy | Hazel R. O'Leary (1993 – 1997) • Federico Peña (1997 – 1998) • Bill Richardson (1998 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Jesse Brown (1993 – 1997) • Togo D. West, Jr. (1998 – 2000) • Hershel W. Gober, act. (2000 – 2001) | |
| Chief of Staff | Mark McLarty (1993 - 1994) • Leon Panetta (1994 - 1997) • Erskine Bowles (1997 - 1998) • John Podesta (1998 - 2001) | |
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- Living people
- American mayors
- US Democratic Party politicians
- United States Secretaries of Energy
- United States Secretaries of Transportation
- Politicians from Texas
- 20th-century American politicians
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