Ken Salazar

(Brother of John Salazar), a Senator from Colorado. Born in Alamosa, Colorado, March 2, 1955. B. A. , political science, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo. , 1977. J. D. , University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Mich. , 1981. Practiced law in Denver, Colo. , 1981-1986, 1994-1998. Chief legal counsel, Governor Roy Romer of Colorado, 1986-1990. Executive director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources 1990-1994. Colorado State attorney general 1999-2005. Elected as a Democrat to the U. S. Senate in 2004, and served from January 3, 2005, until his resignation on January 20, 2009, to accept a Cabinet position. Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama, 2009-2013. U. S. Ambassador to Mexico, 2021-.