Bob Menendez is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2006.
A member of the Democratic Party, he was first appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor Jon Corzine, and chaired the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 2013 to 2015, and again from 2021 to 2023.
In 1974, at the age of 20, Menendez was elected to the Union City School District’s Board of Education. He received degrees from Saint Peter’s University and Rutgers Law School. In 1986, he was elected mayor of Union City.
In 1988, while continuing to serve as mayor, he was elected to represent the state’s 33rd district in the New Jersey General Assembly and, within three years, moved to the New Jersey Senate, upon winning the March 1991 special election for the 33rd Senate district.
The next year, Menendez won a seat in the House of Representatives and represented New Jersey’s 13th congressional district for six two-year terms, from 1993 to 2006.
In January 2006, he was appointed to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jon Corzine (who had been elected governor of New Jersey), and was elected to a full six-year term in November; he was reelected in 2012 and 2018.
In 2015, Menendez was indicted on federal corruption charges; the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and the charges were dropped in 2018.
In April 2018, the United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics “severely admonished” Menendez for accepting gifts from donor Salomon Melgen without obtaining committee approval, for failing to disclose certain gifts, and for using his position as a senator to advance Melgen’s interests.
In September 2023, Menendez was again indicted on federal corruption charges that he aided and provided sensitive information to the government of Egypt.
He stepped down as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but refused to resign from the Senate and repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, despite calls to resign from numerous state and congressional Democrats, including 30 of his Senate colleagues.
Bob Menendez Biography
Bob Menendez, in full Robert Menendez, was born on January 1, 1954, in New York City to Cuban immigrants who had left Cuba a few months earlier, in 1953.
His father, Mario Menéndez, was a carpenter, and his mother, Evangelina, was a seamstress. The family subsequently moved to New Jersey, where he grew up in an apartment in Union City.
He attended Union Hill High School, where his speech teacher, Gail Harper, helped him develop as a public speaker. Menendez has said, “My mother and Miss Harper made me understand the power of education, what it means to put a premium on learning and working hard.”
While at Union Hill, Menendez became the student body president. He went on to become the first in his family to go to college, attending Saint Peter’s College in Jersey City, where he became a member of the Lambda Theta Phi fraternity.
He graduated with a B.A. in political science, and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers Law School in 1979 at the Newark campus. Menendez was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1980 and became a lawyer in private practice.
Bob Menendez Wife
Bob Menendez is currently married to Nadine Arslanian. He got engaged to Nadine in 2019 and married her in October 2020.
Before meeting Nadine, Sen. Bob Menendez was married in 1976 to Jane Jacobsen; a teacher for the Union City Board of Education and Union City Public Schools.
Bob Menendez Children
He has two children from a previous relationship, daughter Alicia Menendez, a television news anchor and author, and son Rob Menendez, who was elected to Congress last year.
Bob Menendez Parents
His father, Mario Menéndez, was a carpenter, and his mother, Evangelina, was a seamstress.
Bob Menendez Siblings
Bob Menendez has two siblings, Caridad Gonzalez and Reinaldo Menendez.
Bob Menendez Family
Father: Mario Menendez
Mother : Evangelina Menendez
Siblings :Caridad Gonzalez, Reinaldo Menendez
Spouse: Nadine Arslanian
Children: Alicia Menendez, Robert Menendez
Bob Menendez Net Worth
Bob Menendez is an American politician who has a net worth of $600 thousand.
FAQs
Q:Who is Bob Menendez?
A: Bob Menendez, in full Robert Menendez, (born January 1, 1954, New York, New York, U.S.) is American politician who was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate from New Jersey in 2006 and was elected to that body later that year.
Q: When was Bob Menendez born?
A: He was born on January 1, 1954.
Q: Where did Bob Menendez grow up?
A: He grew up in Union City, New Jersey.
Q: Who are Bob Menendez’s parents?
A: His parents are Mario Menéndez, a carpenter, and Evangelina Menendez, a seamstress.
Q: Which party does Bob Menendez belong to?
A: He is affiliated with the Democratic Party.
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