What is Susana Martinez?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Susana Martinez |image = Governor NewMexico.jpg |imagesize = |order = 31st |office = Governor of New Mexico |lieutenant = [[John Sanchez]] |term_start = January 1, 2011 |term_end = January 1, 2019 |predecessor = [[Bill Richardson]] |successor = [[Michelle Lujan Grisham]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|7|14}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]], [[Texas]], U.S.}} |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] <small>(Before 1995)</small><br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] <small>(1995–present)</small> |spouse = [[Chuck Franco]] |children = Carlo |residence = [[New Mexico Governor's Mansion|Governor's Mansion]] |alma_mater = [[The University of Texas at El Paso|University of Texas, El Paso]]<br>[[University of Oklahoma College of Law|University of Oklahoma]] |signature = Signature of Susana Martinez.png }} '''Susana Martinez''' (born July 14, 1959<ref name=bio/>) is an American politician who served as the thirty-first [[Governor of New Mexico]]. She was the first female governor of New Mexico and the first female [[Hispanic]] governor in the [[United States]]. Martinez was a [[Democratic Party (US)|Democrat]] before the mid 1990s, around which time she became a [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]]. Martinez is from [[El Paso, Texas]].<ref name=bio/> ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/susana-martinez-20929813|title=Susana Martinez Biography|publisher=Biography.com|accessdate=5 February 2013|archive-date=20 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820051422/http://www.biography.com/people/susana-martinez-20929813|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} {{Governors of New Mexico}} {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Susana}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Governors of New Mexico]] [[Category:Politicians f