About Ken
Ken Salazar is a lawyer, politician, and diplomat born March 2, 1955 in Alamosa, Colorado. A fifth-generation Coloradan whose Mexican-American family has lived in the Southwest for over four centuries, he grew up in the San Luis Valley. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico from 2021 to 2025, previously holding the positions of 50th Secretary of the Interior (2009–2013) under President Barack Obama, Colorado's 35th U.S. Senator (2005–2009), and Colorado Attorney General (1999–2005).
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Politician / DiplomatAuthorJournalist / CommentatorConsultant / AdvisorAmerican Diversity And InclusionCivil RightsConservation And Public LandsEnergy PolicyNative American AffairsU.S. Mexico Border And Migration
Known for
- U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
- U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President Obama
- U.S. Senator from Colorado
- Colorado Attorney General
- Conservation and environmental policy
- Immigration reform
- U.S.-Mexico relations
- Author of "Borderlands" memoir
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