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Henry Cisneros

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Category: History & Society
Born:
June 11, 1947, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. (age 76)
Title / Office:
mayor (1981-1989), San Antonio
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Henry Cisneros (born June 11, 1947, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.) American politician who, as mayor of San Antonio (1981–89), was the first Latino to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city in the 20th century and who served as secretary of housing and urban development (1993–97) under U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton. Cisneros graduated from Texas A&M University in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree in English. He worked briefly as an analyst for the San Antonio branch of Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson’s Model Cities program prior to continuing his education at Texas A&M, from which he received a master’s degree ...(100 of 411 words)

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