Ken Salazar | |||
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50th United States Secretary of Interior From: January 20, 2009-Present | |||
President | Barack Hussein Obama | ||
Predecessor | Dirk Kempthorne | ||
Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
U.S. Senator from Colorado From: January 3, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | |||
Predecessor | Ben Campbell | ||
Successor | Michael Bennett | ||
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Party | Democrat | ||
Spouse(s) | Hope Salazar | ||
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Kenneth Lee Salazar, born March 2, 1955 (age 69), is the current Secretary of Agriculture in the Obama Administration. Previously he was U.S. Senator from Colorado. He is member of the "Blue Dog" conservative faction of the Democratic Party. He is of Latino heritage, his family arriving in Colorado before 1850.