What is Mel Martínez?
{{Infobox Senator | birthname = Melquíades Rafael Martínez Ruiz | image = Mel Martinez.jpg | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = Florida | term_start = January 3, 2005 | term_end = September 9, 2009 | predecessor = [[Bob Graham]] | successor = [[George LeMieux]] | order1 = 12th | title1 = [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] | term_start1 = January 24, 2001 | term_end1 = December 13, 2003 | president1 = [[George W. Bush]] | predecessor1 = [[Andrew Cuomo]] | successor1 = [[Alphonso Jackson]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1946|10|23}} | birth_place = [[Sagua La Grande, Cuba]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = | residence = | spouse = Kitty Martínez | children = Lauren Martínez<br />John Martínez<br />Andrew Martínez | profession = [[Lawyer]] | alma_mater = [[Florida State University]] | religion = }} '''Mel Martinez''' (born October 23, 1946) is an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He represented [[Florida]] in the [[United States Senate]] from 2005 until 2009. He was the 12th [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]. He is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Martinez, Melquiades R. (Mel)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m001162|publisher=Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress|access-date=July 30, 2015}}</ref> Martinez was born on October 23, 1946 in [[Sagua La Grande, Cuba]]. He graduated from [[Florida State University]]. He is married to Kitty Martínez. They have three children. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons-inline}} {{GW Bush cabinet}} {{USSecHUD}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Mel}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:United States senators from Florida]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development]] [[Category:Florida State University alumn