Mel Martinez
Mel Martinez
Melquíades Rafael Martínez Ruiz, usually known as Mel Martínez, is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as United States Senator from Florida and served as chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007, the first Latino to serve as chairman of a major party. Previously, Martínez served as the 12th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George W. Bush. Martínez is a Cuban-American and Roman Catholic. He announced he was resigning as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 October 1946
CountryUnited States of America
The damage to Florida's agriculture beyond citrus is tremendous, ... This is on the order of what Katrina and New Orleans have looked at, what is being done for them. . . . Florida should be no less.
The main health care issue for Latinos is ... just being able to see a doctor,
Immigration is something that we got to get fixed,