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List Of Hispanic And Latino American United States Cabinet Members
The Cabinet of the United States, which is the principal advisory body to the president of the United States, has had 17 permanent Hispanic and Latino American members serving as head of one of the federal executive departments and 5 Hispanic and Latino American as cabinet-level officials, which can differ under each president. Of that number, no Hispanic and Latino American was elected vice president, one was appointed to the helm of multiple different departments, and one served both as Cabinet and Cabinet-rank officeholders. The U.S. Census Bureau defines Hispanic or Latino Americans as citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. No Hispanic or Latino American ever held a Cabinet position before the Civil Rights Movement or the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination in public accommodations, employment, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Gonzales
Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is an American lawyer who served as the 80th United States Attorney General, appointed in February 2005 by President George W. Bush, becoming the highest-ranking Hispanic American in executive government to date. He was the first Hispanic person to serve as White House Counsel. Earlier he had been Bush's General Counsel during the latter's governorship of Texas. Gonzales had also served as Secretary of State of Texas and then as a Texas Supreme Court Justice. Gonzales's tenure as U.S. Attorney General was marked by controversy regarding warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens and the legal authorization of enhanced interrogation techniques, later generally acknowledged as constituting torture, in the U.S. government's post-9/11 "War on Terror". Gonzales had also presided over the firings of several U.S. Attorneys who had refused back-channel White House directives to prosecute political enemies, allegedly causing the office of Att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
