What is Ken Salazar?
[[File:Ken Salazar, U.S. Ambassador.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ken Salazar in 2022]] [[File:Ken Salazar Signature.svg|thumb|right|200px|Salazar's signature]] '''Kenneth Lee Salazar''' (born March 2, 1955)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s001163 |title=SALAZAR, Kenneth Lee - Biographical Information |work=bioguide.congress.gov |year=2011 |accessdate=February 21, 2011}}</ref> is an American politician. He was the United States [[Ambassador]] to [[Mexico]] from September 14, 2021 until January 7, 2025 during the [[Joe Biden]] administration. Salazar was a member of the [[United States Senate]] from [[Colorado]] from 2005 until being appointed as the [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] in 2008 by President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doi.gov/whoweare/secretarysalazar.cfm |title=About Secretary Salazar |work=doi.gov |year=2011 |accessdate=February 21, 2011 |archive-date=October 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008151056/http://www.doi.gov/whoweare/secretarysalazar.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Salazar officially became secretary in 2009. He resigned as secretary in 2013. Salazar is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. Before being elected to the U.S. Senate, Salazar was the [[Colorado Attorney General]] from 1999 until 2005. In May 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Salazar as the Ambassador to [[Mexico]].<ref name=amb1>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/latino/555759-report-mexican-officials-say-salazar-will-be-next-us-ambassador-to-mexico|title=Report: Mexican officials say Salazar will be next US ambassador to Mexico|publisher=Politico|date=May 27, 2021|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}</ref><ref name=amb2>{{cite web|url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/reports-ken-salazar-is-bidens-pick-for-us-ambassador-to-mexico/article_8abd0784-bfde-11eb-a654-a7b1fd33ecb2.html|title=Reports: Ken Salazar is Biden's pick for US ambassador to Mexico|date=May 28, 2021|accessdate=May 30, 2021|publisher=Colorado Politics}