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Ken Salazar
Salazar in 2022
United States Ambassador to Mexico
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 14, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byChristopher Landau
50thUnited States Secretary of the Interior
In office
January 20, 2009 – April 12, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyDavid J. Hayes
Preceded byDirk Kempthorne
Succeeded bySally Jewell
United States Senator
fromColorado
In office
January 3, 2005 – January 20, 2009
Preceded byBen Campbell
Succeeded byMichael Bennet
36thAttorney General of Colorado
In office
January 12, 1999 – January 3, 2005
GovernorBill Owens
Preceded byGale Norton
Succeeded byJohn Suthers
Executive Director of theColorado Department of Natural Resources
In office
1990–1994
GovernorRoy Romer
Preceded byHamlet Barry
Succeeded byJames Lochhead
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Lee Salazar

(1955-03-02)March 2, 1955(age 69)
Alamosa,Colorado,U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseHope Hernandez
Children2
RelativesJohn Salazar(brother)
EducationColorado College(BA)
University of Michigan(JD)
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician
  • diplomat
Signature
Ken Salazar's voice
SecretaryKen Salazar responds to questions from SenatorBob Menendezat aSenate Energy Committeehearing
Recorded March 17, 2009

Kenneth Lee Salazar(born March 2, 1955) is an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat who is theUnited States ambassador to Mexico.He previously served as the 50thUnited States Secretary of the Interiorin the administration ofPresidentBarack Obamafrom 2009 to 2013. A member of theDemocratic Party,he previously was aUnited States SenatorfromColoradofrom 2005 to 2009. He andMel Martínez(R-Florida) were the firstHispanicU.S. senators since 1977; they were joined byBob Menendez(D-New Jersey) in 2006. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, he served asAttorney General of Coloradofrom 1999 to 2005.

On December 17, 2008, President-elect Obama announced he would nominate Salazar as U.S. secretary of the interior. Theenvironmentalistmovement's[vague]reaction to this nomination was mixed.[1][2]Previously, Salazar supported the nomination ofGale Nortonto Secretary of the Interior,[3]PresidentGeorge W. Bush's first appointee who preceded Salazar as Colorado Attorney General. On January 20, 2009, Salazar was confirmed by unanimous consent in the Senate.

On January 16, 2013, it was reported that Salazar planned to resign his post asSecretary of the Interiorin March 2013, but his resignation was delayed pending Senate confirmation of his successor,Sally Jewell.[4][5][6]On June 10, 2013, he became a partner in the major international law firm ofWilmerHale,and was tasked with opening a Denver office for the firm.[7]On August 16, 2016, Salazar was appointed to head presidential candidateHillary Clinton's transition team.[8]

In May 2021, PresidentJoe Bidennominated Salazar as theUnited States ambassador to Mexico.[9][10][11]His nomination was confirmed by avoice votein theUnited States Senateon August 11, 2021.[12]

Early life and education

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Ken Salazar was born inAlamosa, Colorado,the son of Emma Montoya and Enrique Salazar.[13][14]His elder brother is former CongressmanJohn Salazar.[15]He grew up nearManassa,in the community of Los Rincones in theSan Luis Valleyarea of south-central Colorado. Salazar attended St. Francis Seminary and Centauri High School inLa Jara,graduating in 1973. He later attendedColorado College,earning aBachelor of Artsdegree inpolitical sciencein 1977, and received hisJuris Doctorfrom theUniversity of Michigan Law Schoolin 1981. Later Salazar was awardedhonorary degrees(Doctor of Laws) from Colorado College (1993) and theUniversity of Denver(1999). After graduating, Salazar started private law practice.

Salazar'sHispanicroots trace back to the Hispanos of theSouthwestern United States.[16]He has been identified as aMexican Americansaying, "I've been taunted, called names—from 'dirty Mexican' to lots of other names—as I was growing up, and even now as a United States Senator."[17]

Career

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Colorado cabinet

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In 1986, Salazar became Chief Legal Counsel to thenColorado GovernorRoy Romer.In 1990, Romer appointed him to hisCabinetas director of theColorado Department of Natural Resources.

In this position, he authored the Great Outdoors Colorado Amendment, which created a massive land conservation program of which he became chairman. Salazar also created the Youth in Natural Resources program, giving thousands of Colorado's youth an opportunity to work and learn about Colorado's natural resources in public schools. The Great Outdoors Colorado program's success was a model forPresident Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative to create a 21st-century agenda for conservation and outdoor recreation.[18]

In his cabinet role, he established reforms that forced mining andpetroleumoperations to better protect the surrounding environment and helped plan and promote Denver'sSouth Platte RiverValley redevelopment, transforming the area from an abandoned wasteland to a vibrant economic center.[19]

Colorado attorney general

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In 1994, Salazar returned to private practice. In 1998, he was elected state attorney general; he was reelected to this position in 2002. Police operations were streamlined under Salazar, and several new branches of law enforcement were created: the Gang Prosecution Unit, the Environmental Crimes Unit, and the General Fugitive Prosecutive Unit, which targeted murderers. He also worked to strengthen consumer protection and anti-fraudlaws, as well as to protect children through new policy designed to crack down onsex offenders.[19]

AsColorado Attorney General,he also led numerous investigations, including into the 1999Columbine High School massacre.Salazar was awarded the Conference of Western Attorneys General Profile in Courage award for his work.[20]

During Salazar's tenure, his office pursued several environmental cleanup cases around the state. In a water contamination case involving theSummitville mineinRio Grande County, Colorado,Salazar helped broker a joint settlement in which the federal and state government shared the $5 million settlement proceeds.[21]

U.S. Senate

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In 2004, Salazar declared his candidacy for theU.S. Senate seatbeing vacated by retiringRepublicanSenatorBen Nighthorse Campbell.Salazar considers himself amoderateand has at times taken positions that are in disagreement with the base of his party. He opposedgay adoptionfor a number of years, although by 2004 he had reversed his position.[22]Salazar fell behind to candidate Mike Miles early in the state's caucus process. The national Democratic Party backed Salazar with contributions from the DSCC, and Salazar came back to defeat Miles in the Democraticprimary,going on to defeatbeerexecutivePete Coorsof theCoors Brewing Companyand win thegeneral electionfor the Senate seat. He assumed office on January 3, 2005.

Salazar while serving as a U.S. Senator (109th Congress)

Salazar was a leading member of a bipartisan group of senators that developed theComprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007,which would have provided a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and increased funding for border security, though the bill ultimately failed in the Senate. During negotiations, Salazar was quoted byThe New York Timessaying he wanted the new point system to be equitable: "We do not want to create a system that is just for the wealthiest and most educated immigrants."[23]

On May 23, 2005, Salazar was among theGang of 14moderate senators to forge a compromise on the Democrats' use of thefilibusteragainst judicial appointments, thus blocking the Republican leadership's attempt to implement the so-called "nuclear option".Under the agreement, the Democrats would retain the power to filibuster a Bush judicial nominee only in an" extraordinary circumstance ", and the three most conservative Bushappellate courtnominees (Janice Rogers Brown,Priscilla OwenandWilliam Pryor) would receive a vote by the full Senate. Salazar has skirmished withFocus on the Family,a Colorado-basedconservative Christiangroup of national stature, over his stance on judicial nominees.

In 2005, Salazar voted against increasing fuel-efficiency standards (CAFE) for cars and trucks, a vote that the League of Conservation Voters believes is anti-environment. In the same year, Salazar voted against an amendment to repeal tax breaks forExxonMobiland other majorpetroleumcompanies.[24]

In August 2006, Ken Salazar supported fellow Democratic SenatorJoe Liebermanin his primary race againstNed LamontinConnecticut.Lamont, running primarily as ananti-warcandidate, won the primary. Salazar's continued support of Lieberman, who successfully ran as an independent against Lamont, has rankled the anti-war wing of the Democratic Party.

In 2006, Salazar voted to end protections that limitoffshore oil drillinginFlorida'sGulfCoast.[25]

Salazar introduced legislation, co-sponsored by Colorado Reps.John SalazarandMark Udallto limitnatural gasdrilling on the environmentally-richRoan Plateauin western Colorado. The bill increased the amount of acreage on the Plateau designated too environmentally sensitive to drill for gas.[26]

Salazar worked in the Senate to give benefits toRocky Flatsworkers who became ill after working at the former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado. The legislation would grant workers immediate access to medical coverage and compensation without the need to file individual health claims.[27]

In 2007, Salazar was one of only a handful of Democrats to vote against a bill that would require theUnited States Army Corps of Engineersto considerglobal warmingwhen planning water projects.[28]

Salazar received a 25 percent vote rating for 2007 by theHumane Society of the United States,[29]a zero percent vote rating for 2005–2006 byFund for Animals,[30]a 60 percent vote rating for 2007 byDefenders of Wildlife,[31]and a zero percent vote rating on theAnimal Welfare InstituteCompassion Index.[32]He also supported the Bush administration's release of lands in theConservation Reserve Program(CRP) for emergency haying in Colorado'sYumaandPhillips Counties.[33]Salazar has an 81 percent lifetime rating from theLeague of Conservation Voters,including a 100 percent rating for the year 2008.[34]

Salazar resigned his Senate seat on January 20, 2009, upon his confirmation by the Senate to becomeSecretary of the InteriorunderPresident Barack Obama.[35]

Secretary of the Interior

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Salazar during a media conference of the Obama-Biden transition, on December 17, 2008.

Salazar accepted Obama's offer to join his cabinet as the Secretary of the Interior.[36]His appointment triggered aSaxbe fixby Congress.[37]On January 7, 2009, Congress approved a bill,S.J.Res. 3,and PresidentGeorge W. Bushsigned it into law, providing such a fix by reducing the Secretary of Interior's salary to the level it was prior to the time Salazar took office in January 2009.

Salazar served as aSecretary of the Interior

The Senate confirmed Salazar's nomination by voice vote on January 20, 2009, shortly after Obama was sworn in as president.[38]As Secretary of the Interior, Salazar was in charge of theNational Park Service,theBureau of Land Management,theUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service,theUnited States Geological Survey,theBureau of Indian Affairs,and other federal agencies overseen by the Interior Department.

Salazar was one of two Hispanics serving in Obama's Cabinet, along withSecretary of LaborHilda SolisofCalifornia.Salazar is the second Hispanic Interior Secretary afterManuel Lujan, Jr.,who held the post from 1989 to 1993 under PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush.

As secretary of the department, Salazar began a large-scale effort within the department to ensure that the country'snational parksand national monuments were inclusive of America's tribal and minority communities. Salazar worked to create new monuments to honorCesar Chavez,theBuffalo Soldiers,Harriet Tubmanand theUnderground Railroad,Fort Monroeand sacred Native American sites likeChimney Rockin Colorado.[39]

Several prominent environmentalist groups were wary of Salazar, noting his strong ties with the coal and mining industries.Kieran Suckling,executive director of Center for Biological Diversity, which tracks endangered species and habitat issues stated, "He [Ken Salazar] is a right-of-center Democrat who often favors industry and bigagriculturein battles overglobal warming,fuel efficiencyandendangered species."[40]

The nomination was praised, however, byGene Karpinski,President of theLeague of Conservation Voters.Upon the nomination, Karpinski said, "Throughout his career, Senator Salazar has campaigned on a pledge of support for 'our land, our water, our people.' With a perfect 100% score on the 2008 LCV Scorecard, he has lived up to that pledge. As a westerner, Senator Salazar has hands on experience with land and water issues, and will restore the Department of the Interior's role as the steward of America's public resources. We look forward to working with him to protect the health of America's land, water, and people in the coming years."[41]

Although Senate Republicans were expected to raise questions concerning Salazar's stances onoil shaledevelopment and drilling in environmentally sensitive areas,[42]Salazar was one of several Obama Cabinet appointees confirmed in the Senate by voice vote on January 20, 2009, shortly after Obama's inauguration. Salazar became the 50th Secretary of the Interior succeedingDirk Kempthorne,who praised Salazar's appointment.[43]

ColoradoGovernorBill Ritterappointed Denver Superintendent of SchoolsMichael Bennetto finish Salazar's term in the Senate, which expired in January 2011.

Maria Burks,commissioner of theNational Parks of New York Harbor,and Ken Salazar at theStatue of Libertyin May 2009.

On January 23, 2009, Salazar stated that he was considering reopening theStatue of Liberty's crown to tourists. The crown has been closed to the public since the September 11, 2001 attacks. "I hope we can find a way", Salazar said in a statement. "It would proclaim to the world—both figuratively and literally—that the path to the light of liberty is open to all."[44]

On March 6, 2009, Salazar agreed to move forward with theFish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove theRocky Mountaingray wolffrom theEndangered Species ListinMontanaandIdaho,but notWyoming.Minimum recovery goal for wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains is at least 30 breeding pairs and at least 300 wolves for at least three consecutive years, a goal that was attained in 2002 and has been exceeded every year since. (There are currently about 95 breeding pairs and 1,600 wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.)[45]Salazar, a former rancher has come under criticism of groups like theDefenders of Wildlifefor this decision, and lack of protection of wolves.

On May 9, 2009, Salazar announced the upholding of a Bush-era policy that prevents the regulation ofgreenhouse gas emissionsvia theEndangered Species Act (ESA),a policy he pledged to reevaluate when he took office in January. The policy states that, despite the apparent negative impactglobal warminghas onpolar bears,an endangered species, greenhouse gasses cannot be regulated with the ESA. Salazar stated in a conference call announcing the decision that "The single greatest threat to the polar bear is the melting of Arctic Sea ice due to climate change," but the Endangered Species Act "is not the appropriate tool for us to deal with what is a global issue." The decision was met with criticism from environmental groups and praise from energy groups including theAmerican Petroleum Institute,some Democrats and many Republicans. Salazar contended in the same conference call that the ESA was never intended to be used for the regulation of climate change, while sidestepping questions of how this situation is different from that of the Clean Air Act, which is being used by theEnvironmental Protection Agencyto regulate emissions.[46]

In May 2009,Colorado GovernorBill Ritter,and the state's both senators, Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, wrote a letter to President Obama, recommending Salazar be appointed to theSupreme Courtfollowing the resignation ofDavid Souter.[47]Salazar stated on theTodaythat he was not interested and enjoyed his current job.[48]United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit JudgeSonia Sotomayorwas eventuallynominatedand confirmed.[49]

With Ritter's announcement on January 6, 2010, that he would not seek re-election as governor,[50]speculation began to swirl about a possible Salazar candidacythat year.CongressmanJohn Salazar,Salazar's brother, told local media that he thought his brother would likely run for governor.DenverMayorJohn Hickenlooperindicated that while he was considering a run himself, he would "do everything [he could] to help him get elected."[51]Both the Secretary's brother, John, and theObama administrationurged him to run for governor,[52]but he ultimately declined and endorsed Hickenlooper's campaign.[53]

On April 28, 2010, Ken Salazar approvedCape Wind,[54][55]the first-ever commercial wind operation in public water, leading to initiation of the approval process for the first-of-its-kind Atlantic wind energy transmission line.[56]

During his time as secretary, Salazar successfully developed and implemented numerous renewable energy initiatives on public lands and helped lead the Obama administration's "all of the above" energy strategy.[57]

Secretary Salazar prioritized the rapid, responsible development ofrenewable energyon America's public lands, greenlighting the development of over 11,000 megawatts of renewable energy on public lands, including approval of the first-eversolar energyprojects on public lands, and creation of the first-ever roadmap for future solar energy development in the West.[58]

During Salazar's tenure, the department also undertook new surveys to evaluate and identify innovative capacity and efficiency increases to help enhancehydropowergeneration at facilities of theBureau of Reclamation,the nation's second-largest hydropower producer.[59]

He has dealt with criticism after pushing to impose tougher leasing rules and cancel a series of planned drilling operations inAlaskaand elsewhere. Salazar has dealt with criticism over his handling of theDeepwater Horizon oil spill,both because of the way his agency handled the permitting process for underwater drilling, and also because of the way the aftermath of the spill has been handled by the government.[60]

But Salazar also ushered in the most comprehensive offshore oil and gas safety initiatives and reforms ever in the United States, overhauling the government's antiquated and conflicted offshore oil and gas management program while approving millions of acres for oil and gas development offshore.[61]Salazar also implemented a new five-year plan for responsibleoil and gas explorationand development in America's offshore waters.[62]

In May 2010 Salazar testified to Congress that he had issued a "hit the pause button" order and that no new permits had been issued since the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. However, a new deepwater well had been started in the Gulf since April 20, and the Department of the Interior under Salazar had "issued permits for at least seventeen other new offshore oil projects."[63]

As Secretary of the Interior, Salazar was thedesignated survivorfor the2011 State of the Union Address.

Salazar created new partnerships between theDepartment of the Interiorand American mayors and governors to create and revitalize a new generation of urban parks in cities such asNew York City,[64]Denver,[65]Chicago[66]andSt. Louis.[67]As secretary, the department also created seven newnational parks,includingPinnacles National ParkinCalifornia,[68]and 10 new national monuments.[69]

In May 2012, Salazar spoke at the commencement ceremony for the 2012 class at theUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell.[70]

In November 2012, asked a question he did not like by a reporter forThe Gazetteregarding Salazar's association with hauler who shipped wild horses to slaughter plants, Salazar told the reporter, "If you do that to me again, I'll punch you out". Salazar later apologized.[71][72]

In January 2013 Salazar announced that he would be resigning as Secretary of the Interior. His replacement,Sally Jewell,was nominated on February 6, 2013,[73]approved by the Senate on April 10, 2013,[74]and sworn in on April 12, 2013.[75]

Clinton transition team

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On August 16, 2016,Hillary for AmericachairmanJohn Podestaannounced that Secretary Clinton had chosen Salazar to head her transition team in order to prepare for an orderly transition should she be elected as the 45thPresident of the United States.[8]

On November 8, 2016,Donald TrumpdefeatedHillary Clintonin the election for President of the United States, and thus Ken Salazar was not granted the opportunity to head theWhite Housetransition team.

Ambassador to Mexico

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Salazar in 2021

On June 15, 2021, PresidentJoe Bidennominated Salazar to be the nextU.S. ambassador to Mexico.[76]TheSenate Foreign Relations Committeeheld hearings for his nomination on July 28, 2021. Salazar's nomination was then reported favorably by the committee on August 4, 2021. His nomination was confirmed by theUnited States Senateon August 11, 2021, byvoice vote.[77][78]He was ceremoniously sworn in by Vice PresidentKamala Harrison September 2, 2021.[79]On September 14, 2021, Salazar presented his credentials to PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador.[80]In July 2022, theNew York Timespublished an article quoting "growing concern within theBidenadministration that the ambassador may have actually compromised U.S. interests "and had become too close to sitting Mexican PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador.[81]

Electoral history

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2004 Colorado U.S. Senate race
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ken Salazar 1,081,188 51.3
Republican Pete Coors 980,668 47.4
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2002 Attorney General of Colorado race[82]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ken Salazar (Inc.) 803,200 57.92
Republican Marti Allbright 522,281 37.66
Green Alison "Sunny" Mayna 35,301 2.54
Libertarian Dwight K. Harding 26,023 1.88
Democratichold
1998 Attorney General of Colorado race[83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ken Salazar 634,159 49.96
Republican John Suthers 601,774 47.41
Libertarian Wayne White 33,470 2.64
DemocraticgainfromRepublican

See also

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References

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Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Colorado
1999–2005 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Democraticnominee forU.S. Senator from Colorado
(Class 3)
2004 		Succeeded by
Michael Bennet
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Colorado
2005–2009
Served alongside:Wayne Allard,Mark Udall 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by United States Secretary of the Interior
2009–2013 		Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Mexico
2021–present 		Incumbent
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Preceded byas FormerVice President Order of precedence of the United States
Within Mexico 		Succeeded byas US Secretary of State
Preceded byas Former US Cabinet Member Order of precedence of the United States
Outside Mexico 		Succeeded byas Former US Cabinet Member
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