Bob Menendez | |
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United States Senator from New Jersey | |
Assumed office January 17, 2006 Serving with Cory Booker | |
Appointed by | Jon Corzine |
Preceded by | Jon Corzine |
Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee | |
Assumed office February 3, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Jim Risch |
In office February 1, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |
Preceded by | John Kerry |
Succeeded by | Bob Corker |
Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee | |
In office February 6, 2018 – February 3, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Ben Cardin |
Succeeded by | Jim Risch |
In office January 3, 2015 – April 2, 2015 | |
Preceded by | John Kerry |
Succeeded by | Ben Cardin |
Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee | |
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |
Leader | Harry Reid |
Preceded by | Chuck Schumer |
Succeeded by | Patty Murray |
Chair of the House Democratic Caucus | |
In office January 3, 2003 – January 16, 2006 | |
Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
Preceded by | Martin Frost |
Succeeded by | Jim Clyburn |
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus | |
In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003 | |
Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
Preceded by | Barbara B. Kennelly |
Succeeded by | Jim Clyburn |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 13th district | |
In office January 3, 1993 – January 16, 2006 | |
Preceded by | Frank Joseph Guarini |
Succeeded by | Albio Sires |
Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 33rd district | |
In office March 4, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |
Preceded by | Christopher Jackman |
Succeeded by | Bernard Kenny |
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 33rd district | |
In office January 12, 1988 – March 4, 1991 | |
Preceded by | Jose Arango Ronald Dario |
Succeeded by | Louis Romano |
Mayor of Union City | |
In office 1986–1992 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Wichert |
Succeeded by | Bruce Walter |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Menendez January 1, 1954 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Jane Jacobsen (m. 1976; div. 2005) Nadine Arslanian (m. 2020) |
Children | 2, including Alicia 1 stepdaughter |
Education | Saint Peter's University (BA) Rutgers University (JD) |
Signature | |
Website | Senate website |
Robert "Bob" Menendez (born January 1, 1954), or Bobby Menendez is the senior United States Senator from New Jersey. He was first appointed to the Senate in January 2006. He was elected Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in January 2013.