Thomas Perez
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Thomas Edward Perez (born October 7, 1961) is an American politician, consumer advocate and civil rights lawyer, who serves as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. Perez was appointed by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malleyto serve as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) in January 2007, until his October 2009 confirmation by the United States Senate as Assistant Attorney General. On March 18, 2013, Perez was nominated by President Barack Obama to be the United States Secretary of Labor, replacing outgoing Secretary Hilda Solis.[1][2]
Thomas Perez
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 8, 2009
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Wan Kim
Personal details
Born Thomas Edward Perez
October 7, 1961 (age 51)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Ann Marie Staudenmaier
Children Amalia
Susana
Rafael
Alma mater Brown University (B.A.)
Harvard Law School (J.D.)
Religion Roman Catholic
Early life and education
Thomas Edward Perez was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, to parents Rafael and Grace (née Brache) Perez, who were both first generationDominican immigrants.[3] His father Rafael, who earned U.S. citizenship after enlisting in the U.S. Army after World War II, worked as a doctor in Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Buffalo where he worked as a physician at a VA hospital.[4] His mother, who came to the United States in 1930 after her father Rafael Brache, was appointed as the Dominican Republic's Ambassador to the United States, remained in the U.S. after Ambassador Brache was declared persona non grata by his own government, for speaking out against Dominican President Rafael Trujillo's regime.[5] Perez, who was the youngest of four brother and sisters (who all followed their father in becoming doctors), suffered the loss of their father when he died of a heart attack, when Perez was 12 years old.[6] He graduated from Canisius High School, an all men's Roman Catholic Jesuit private school, in 1979.[7]
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Perez has the track record to lead Labor Department
By William G. Robertson and Ronald R. Peterson - 04/02/13 11:35 AM ET
Robertson is the former chairman and Peterson is the former vice chairman of the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board (Maryland).
Note: Robertson is the president and CEO of Adventist HealthCare in Rockville, Maryland. Peterson is president of Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Their opinions do not represent official positions of either institution.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/labor/291393-perez-has-the-track-record-to-lead-labor-department#ixzz2PWMktm00
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