Norman Mineta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Norman Mineta

U.S. Politician and Public Servant

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1931

Place of Birth: San Jose, California, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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).
With the exception of 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.