Kevin Martin (FCC)
| Kevin J. Martin | |
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| 25th Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission | |
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In office March 18, 2005 – January 20, 2009 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Michael Powell |
| Succeeded by | Julius Genachowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 14, 1966 Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Jurgensmeyer |
Kevin Jeffrey Martin (born December 14, 1966) is a former member and Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent agency of the United States government. He was nominated to be a commissioner by President George W. Bush on April 30, 2001, and was confirmed on May 25, 2001. On March 16, 2005, President Bush designated him as FCC chairman, to replace Michael K. Powell. President Bush renominated Martin to a new five-year term on the Commission on April 25, 2006, and he was reconfirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 17, 2006. In January 2009, Martin announced that he would step down from the FCC and join the Aspen Institute, as a senior fellow in the think tank's Communications and Society Program. He has since become a partner with the law firm Squire Patton Boggs LLP.
Before becoming a commissioner, Martin was a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. He served as the Deputy General Counsel to Bush-Cheney 2000, on the Bush-Cheney recount team in Florida, and on the presidential transition team. Before joining Bush-Cheney 2000, Martin served as legal advisor to FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth, in the Office of the Independent Counsel, and as an associate of Wiley Rein LLP (see ([1], [2], [3]).
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