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On June 15, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Ken Salazar as the next U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. The WH released the following brief bio:
Ken Salazar, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Mexican States
Ken Salazar has served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Colorado U.S. Senator, and Colorado Attorney General. In 1998, Salazar was elected as Colorado Attorney General and became the first Latino ever elected to statewide office in Colorado. He was reelected as Attorney General in 2002. In 2004, Salazar was elected to the U.S. Senate for Colorado becoming the first Latino democrat to be elected to the United States Senate since 1972. During the Obama Administration, he served as Secretary of the Interior, where he had a lead role on energy and climate, and the nation’s conservation agenda. A native of Colorado, Salazar is a fifth-generation rancher in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. He is a partner at WilmerHale, an American law firm and the founder of the firm’s Denver office. Salazar represents clients on energy, environment, natural resources and Native American matters. Salazar has a B.S. from Colorado College and a J.D. from the University of Michigan. He also has honorary degrees from the Colorado School of Mines, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, the University of Colorado School of Law, the University of Denver School of Law, and Colorado College. His native language is Spanish.
If confirmed, Mr. Salazar would succeed Christopher Landau who served from August 8, 2019–January 20, 2021. Since 1960, appointees to this position have been on a 3/10 – career/non-career split or 76.9% in favor of non-career appointees. Previous appointees to this position includes:
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John Dimitri Negroponte (1939–)
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Antonio O. Garza Jr. (1957–)
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Carlos Pascual (1958–)
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Earl Anthony Wayne (1950–)
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Roberta S. Jacobson (1960–)
Thrilled with the pick of former Interior Sec. Ken Salazar to serve as Ambassador to Mexico. He'll be ready Day 1 to build strong regional relationships and address the root causes of migration.
And as @POTUS remembers, Ken also helped establish Delaware's first national park: pic.twitter.com/mW2q4ZJihT
— Senator Tom Carper (@SenatorCarper) June 15, 2021
President Joe Biden has nominated Ken Salazar, the former U.S. senator from Colorado and Interior Secretary under President Obama, to be the next ambassador to Mexico. https://t.co/JH36gEEdys
— Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) June 16, 2021
Back in 2008, when he was a US Senator, I profiled Ken Salazar. Learning what I did, I suspect he views being named Ambassador to Mexico the highlight of his career. Ken’s deceased father would be proud and that is almost certainly on Salazar’s mind. https://t.co/ndBhl9ui1F
— Maximillian Potter (@maxapotter) June 17, 2021
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