Bill Richardson

U.S. Congressperson

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William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III is an American politician who was 30th Governor of New Mexico, from 2003 to 2011. He was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration and has also served as a U.S. Congressman, chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. In December 2008, he was nominated for the cabinet-level position of Commerce Secretary in the first Obama administration but withdrew a month later as he was investigated for possibly improper business dealings in New Mexico. Although the investigation was later dropped, it was seen to have damaged Richardson's career, as his second and final term as New Mexico governor concluded.

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Nov 15, 1947
Pasadena

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Master of Arts, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
International Affairs
(1970 - 1971)
Bachelor of Arts, Tufts University
Political Science
(1966 - 1970)
French
Middlesex School

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Senior Managing Director, Kissinger McLarty Associates
Armand Hammer United World College of the American West
Adjunct Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government
United States Department of State
Staff Member, United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Staff Member to Congressman F. Bradford Morse, United States House of Representatives

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