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{{short description|U.S. Secretary of Transportation, 1993–1997}}
{{For|the soccerTrinidadian player of the same namefootballer|Federico Peña (soccerfootballer)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Federico Peña
|image = Federico pena.jpg
|office = 8th [[United States Secretary of Energy]]
|presidentterm_start = [[BillMarch 12, Clinton]]1997
|term_startterm_end = MarchJune 1230, 19971998
|term_endpresident = June 30, 1998= [[Bill Clinton]]
|deputy = <!-- Betsy Moler -->
|predecessor = [[Hazel R. O'Leary]]
|successorpredecessor = [[BillHazel R. RichardsonO'Leary]]
|successor = [[Bill Richardson]]
|office1office2 = 12th [[United States Secretary of Transportation]]
|president1 = [[Bill Clinton]]▼
|term_start1term_start2 = January 21, 1993
|term_end1term_end2 = February 14, 1997
▲|president1president2 = [[Bill Clinton]]
|predecessor1 = [[Andrew Card]]▼
|successor1deputy2 = <!-- [[RodneyMortimer EL. SlaterDowney]] -->
▲|predecessor1predecessor2 = [[Andrew Card]]
|office2 = 41st [[List of mayors of Denver|Mayor of Denver]]▼
|successor2 = [[WellingtonRodney E. WebbSlater]]▼
|term_start2 = July 2, 1983▼
▲|office2office3 = 41st [[List of mayors of Denver|Mayor of Denver]]
|term_end2 = July 15, 1991▼
▲|term_start2term_start3 = July 2, 1983
|predecessor2 = [[William H. McNichols Jr.|William McNichols]]▼
▲|term_end2term_end3 = July 15, 1991
▲|successor2 = [[Wellington Webb]]
▲|predecessor2predecessor3 = [[William H. McNichols Jr.|William McNichols]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|3|15}}▼
|successor3 = [[Wellington Webb]]
|birth_place = [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]]▼
|office4 = Member of the {{nowrap|[[Colorado House of Representatives]]}}
|death_date = ▼
|term_start4 = January 10, 1979
|death_place = ▼
|term_end4 = July 2, 1983
|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]▼
|birth_name = Federico Fabian Peña
|spouse = [[Ellen Hart Peña|Ellen Hart]] (divorced)<br/>Cindy Velasquez▼
▲|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|303|15}}
|children = 3▼
▲|birth_place = [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|education = [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas, Austin]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}▼
▲|death_date =
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▲|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
▲|spouse = {{ubl | {{marriage|[[Ellen Hart Peña|Ellen Hart]]|1988|2001|end=div.}} (divorced)<br/>| {{marriage|Cindy Velasquez|2006}} }}
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▲|education = [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas, Austin]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}
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'''Federico Fabian Peña''' (born March 15, 1947) is an American politician and attorney who wasserved as the 12th [[United States Secretary of Transportation|United States secretary of transportation]] from 1993 to 1997 and the 8th [[United States Secretary of Energy|United States secretary of energy]] from 1997 to 1998, during the presidency of [[Bill Clinton]]. He previously served as the 41st [[List of mayors of Denver|mayor of Denver]] from 1983 to 1991.
 
==Early life==
Born in [[Laredo, Texas]], Peña earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] (1969) and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] (1972) from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and the [[University of Texas School of Law|The University of Texas School of Law]], respectively.
 
==Career==
==Political career==
Moving to [[Colorado]], where he became a practicing [[Lawyer|attorney]], Peña was elected to the [[Colorado House of Representatives]] as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] in 1979, where he rose to become [[Minority Leader]].
 
=== Mayor of Denver ===
In 1983, Peña defeated [[William H. McNichols Jr.]], a 74-year old incumbent, to become the first [[Hispanic]] [[mayor of Denver]], a post to which he was re-elected in 1987. During his time as mayor in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was instrumental in bringing the [[Colorado Rockies]] baseball team to [[Denver]] in 1993
.<ref>{{cite webnews|last1=Peterson|first1=Iver|title=DENVER WORKS AT SELLING ITSELF AS SPORTS CITY|work=The New York Times |date=25 December 1983 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/25/us/denver-works-at-selling-itself-as-sports-city.html|website=The New York Times|accessdateaccess-date=6 June 2017}}</ref>
 
=== Clinton administration ===
Peña advised [[Arkansas]] Governor [[Bill Clinton]] on transportation issues during Clinton's Presidential transition and thereafter Clinton chose Peña to head the [[United States Department of Transportation]]. At DOT, Peña led an organization of 110,000 employees with a budget of $37 billion. Peña also negotiated international aviation agreements with 41 nations during his term, pressing for increased freedom for airlines to serve markets. He cut the size of the Transportation Department by some 11,000 employees.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/inaug/players/pena.htm "Peña Cuts 11,000 jobs at Transportation Department"], ''Washington Post'', December 20, 1996</ref> He implemented the first international aviation policy for the U.S. since the Carter Administration. This strategy opened up aviation markets around the world, contributing to the revitalization of the aviation industry. He traveled extensively throughout the world to assist U.S. transportation companies access global markets.
Peña advised [[Arkansas]] Governor [[Bill Clinton]] on transportation issues during Clinton's presidential transition and thereafter Clinton chose Peña to head the [[United States Department of Transportation]].
 
In 1995 the Justice Department conducted a preliminary investigation into a California transit agency's awarding of a pension management contract to Peña's former investment management firm. However, Peña had severed all ties to his former company both prior to the contract and prior to becoming Transportation Secretary. On March 17, 1995 [[Janet Reno]] ended the investigation.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DC1F3FF934A25750C0A963958260 "Secretary of Transportation Will Not Face a Prosecutor"], ''New York Times'', March 17, 1995</ref>
 
Although he had intended to leave Clinton's [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]] after a single term, Peña also served as [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretarysecretary of Energyenergy]] from 1997 to 1998.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E4DC1E3AF934A35757C0A96E958260 "Peña Resigns as Energy Secretary, Citing Concerns for Family"], ''New York Times'', April 7, 1998</ref> During his 18-month tenure, Peña led an organization of 16,000 direct employees with a budget of $18 billion. He developed the Clinton administration's Comprehensive National Energy Strategy and oversaw the largest privatization in the history of the U.S. Government—the $3.654 billion sale of the [[Elk Hills Oil Field]], formerly known as Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1. He crafted the Clinton Administration's strategy for oil and gas development in the Caspian Sea region and supported U.S. energy companies' investments around the world.
 
==Post=Later governmentcareer===
Upon leaving the Clinton administration, Peña returned to Denver. In August 1998, he joined private equity firm [[Vestar Capital Partners]] where he is a senior advisor.
 
[[Peña Boulevard]], a [[freeway]] in Denver and neighboring [[Aurora, Colorado|Aurora]] connecting [[Denver International Airport]] to [[Interstate 70]], is named for him. As mayor of Denver, Peña led the effort to build the airport. In addition, Peña's vision ("Imagine a Great City") resulted in the revitalization of Denver economy with a [[Colorado Convention Center|new convention center]], modernized Cherry Creek Shopping Center, neighborhood retail efforts, expanded library and performing arts center, and recruitment of the Colorado Rockies major league baseball team.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}
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Peña is the father of three children: Nelia, Cristina, and Ryan Peña. The divorce of Federico Peña and his first wife, [[Ellen Hart Peña]], became final on September 10, 2001. Federico Peña married Cindy Velasquez on September 2, 2006. Cindy Velasquez is a former broadcast executive for Channel 7, [[KMGH-TV]], and Channel 9, [[KUSA-TV]], in Denver, Colorado and has a daughter, Pilar.
 
Peña was a National Co-Chair of the CompleteCOMPETE Coalition, an organization of energy stakeholders including large power generators, large retail power consumers and energy efficiency/smart grid groups. Today he serves on several corporate boards and is involved in several philanthropic organizations.
 
On September 7, 2007, Peña announced that he would endorse Senator [[Barack Obama]] in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], and also serve as Obama's National Campaign Co-chair. The move was notable in that Peña did not endorse Senator [[Hillary Clinton]], the wife of the president under whom he served.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080315083701/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/09/07/clinton-cabinet-member-backs-obama/ CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive – Clinton cabinet member backs Obama « – Blogs from CNN.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> On November 5, 2008, he was named to the advisory board of the [[Obama-Biden Transition Project]].<ref>[[Lynn Sweet|Sweet, Lynn]] [http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/11/jarrett_podesta_rouse_to_lead.html Jarrett, Podesta, Rouse to lead Obama transition; Bill Daley co-chair] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210145131/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/11/jarrett_podesta_rouse_to_lead.html |date=December 10, 2008 }} ''Chicago Sun-Times'', November 5, 2008</ref>
 
On October 26, 2011, Peña was elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of [[Wells Fargo]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wellsfargo.com/press/2011/20111026_FedericoPenaElectedtotheBoard |title=ArchivedWells copyFargo - News Releases |access-date=2012-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406005409/https://www.wellsfargo.com/press/2011/20111026_FedericoPenaElectedtotheBoard |archive-date=2014-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Peña was appointed to the [[University of Denver]] Board of Trustees in June 2015.
 
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==External links==
*{{C-SPAN|Federico Pena2213}}
* [https://www.cfr.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/FY17%20Membership%20Roster.pdf Membership] at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]
 
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