What is Federico Peña?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Federico Peña |image = Federico pena.jpg |office = 8th [[United States Secretary of Energy]] |president = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start = March 12, 1997 |term_end = June 30, 1998 |predecessor = [[Hazel R. O'Leary]] |successor = [[Bill Richardson]] |office1 = 12th [[United States Secretary of Transportation]] |president1 = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start1 = January 21, 1993 |term_end1 = February 14, 1997 |predecessor1 = [[Andrew Card]] |successor1 = [[Rodney E. Slater]] |office2 = 41st [[List of mayors of Denver|Mayor of Denver]] |term_start2 = July 2, 1983 |term_end2 = July 15, 1991 |predecessor2 = [[William H. McNichols Jr.|William McNichols]] |successor2 = [[Wellington Webb]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|3|15}} |birth_place = [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = [[Ellen Hart Peña|Ellen Hart]] {{small|(Divorced)}}<br/>Cindy Velasquez |children = 3 |education = [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas, Austin]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])}} |}} '''Federico Fabian Peña''' (born March 15, 1947) was [[United States Secretary of Transportation]] from 1993 to 1997 and [[United States Secretary of Energy]] from 1997 to 1998, during the presidency of [[Bill Clinton]]. ==Early life== Born in [[Laredo, Texas]], Peña earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] (1969) and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] (1972) from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and [[University of Texas School of Law|The University of Texas School of Law]]. Moving to [[Colorado]], where he became an [[Lawyer|attorney]], Peña was elected to the [[Colorado House of Representatives]] as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] in 1979, where he became the [[Minority Leader]]. In 1983, Peña became the first [[Hispanic]] [[Mayor of Denver]], and he was re-elected in 1987. ==Career== Peñ