Jon Kyl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jon Kyl

junior U.S. Senator from Arizona

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1942

Place of Birth: Oakland, Nebraska, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Jon Kyl

  • Jon Llewellyn Kyl (; born April 25, 1942) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013 and again in 2018.
  • A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, serving alongside John McCain during his first stint.
  • Kyl was Senate Minority Whip from 2007 until 2013. The son of U.S.
  • Representative John Henry Kyl and Arlene (née Griffith) Kyl, Kyl was born and raised in Nebraska and lived for some time in Iowa.
  • He received his bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Arizona.
  • He worked in Phoenix, Arizona as an attorney and lobbyist before winning election to the United States House of Representatives, where he served from 1987 to 1995.
  • He was elected to the U.S.
  • Senate in 1994 and continued to be re-elected by comfortable margins until his retirement in January 2013.
  • In 2006, he was recognized by Time magazine as one of America's Ten Best Senators.
  • Kyl was ranked by National Journal in 2007 as the fourth-most conservative U.S.
  • Senator.
  • He has been a fixture of Republican policy leadership posts, chairing the Republican Policy Committee (2003–2007) and the Republican Conference (2007).
  • In December 2007, he became Senate Minority Whip.
  • He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010 for his persuasive role in the Senate.Kyl announced in February 2011 that he would not seek re-election to the Senate in 2012 and would retire at the end of his third term.
  • He expressly ruled out running for further office except, if offered, the Vice Presidency.
  • After leaving the Senate in 2013, he worked as an attorney in private practice and then worked to shepherd the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.In September 2018, Kyl was appointed by Governor Doug Ducey to serve in the Senate seat left vacant by the death of John McCain.
  • At a press conference accepting the appointment, Kyl announced that he would not run for the remainder of the term following the 2020 special election.
  • Kyl is the first person to return to the Senate via appointment since New Hampshire Republican Norris Cotton in 1975.
  • He resigned from the Senate effective December 31, 2018 and was succeeded by Martha McSally, who was appointed to the seat.

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