Norman Y. Mineta
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| 14th United States Secretary of Transportation | |
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In office January 25, 2001 – August 7, 2006 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Rodney Slater |
| Succeeded by | Mary Peters |
| 33rd United States Secretary of Commerce | |
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In office July 20, 2000 – January 20, 2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Bill Daley |
| Succeeded by | Donald Evans |
| Chair of the House Transportation Committee | |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Roe |
| Succeeded by | Bud Shuster |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 15th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – October 10, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Gary Condit |
| Succeeded by | Tom Campbell |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 13th district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Lagomarsino |
| Succeeded by | Pete Stark |
| 59th Mayor of San Jose | |
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In office 1971–1975 |
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| Preceded by | Ron James |
| Succeeded by | Janet Hayes |
| Personal details | |
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Norman Yoshio Mineta November 12, 1931 San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Deni Mineta |
| Children | 2 2 stepsons |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BS) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Unit |
 Military Intelligence Corps
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Norman Yoshio Mineta (born November 12, 1931) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Mineta most recently served in President George W. Bush's Cabinet as the United States Secretary of Transportation, the only Democratic Cabinet Secretary in the Bush administration. On June 23, 2006, Mineta announced his resignation after more than five years as Secretary of Transportation, effective July 7, 2006, making him the longest-serving Transportation Secretary in the Department's history. On July 10, 2006, Hill & Knowlton, a public relations firm, announced that Mineta would join it as a partner. On August 10, 2010, it was announced that Mineta would join L&L Energy, Inc as Vice Chairman.
Mineta also served as President Bill Clinton's Secretary of Commerce for the last six months of his term (July 2000–January 2001). Save for a span of five days between the end of Clinton's term and Bush's appointments, Mineta spent nearly six full years as a Cabinet member.
Mineta was born in San Jose, California, to Japanese immigrant parents who were not allowed to become U.S. citizens at that time due to the Asian Exclusion Act. During World War II the Mineta family was interned for several years at "Area 24, 7th Barrack, Unit B" in the Heart Mountain internment camp near Cody, Wyoming, along with thousands of other Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans. Upon arrival to the camp, Mineta, a baseball fan, had his baseball bat confiscated by authorities because it could be used as a weapon. Many years later, after Mineta was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, a Los Angeles man sent Mineta a $1,500 bat that was once owned by Hank Aaron, which Mineta was forced to send back as it violated the House ban on accepting gifts valued over $250. Mineta was quoted as saying, "The damn government's taken my bat again".
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