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Henry Gabriel Cisneros (born June 11, 1947) is an American politician and businessman. He served as the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, from 1981 to 1989, the second Latino mayor of a major American city and the city's first since 1842 (when Juan Seguín was forced out of office).
May 3, 2024 · Henry Cisneros is an American politician who, as mayor of San Antonio (1981–89), was the first Latino to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city in the 20th century and who served as secretary of housing and urban development (1993–97) under U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton. Cisneros graduated from Texas A&M.
Jan 11, 2023 · Former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, who hasn’t held public office since his tenure as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ended nearly 26 years ago, is working...
Oct 27, 2022 · From Mayor to HUD Secretary, Henry Cisneros Built a Political Career on Planning The urbanist leader discusses his new career path, how infrastructure powers the economy, and why we need more planners in politics.
Henry Cisneros discusses his perspectives on the rise of Bill Clinton, the 1992 campain, his experiences as Housing and Urban Development Secretary, and his interactions with Congress during his tenure.
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Politician, college professor, cabinet member, and network executive, Henry G. Cisneros (born 1947) was elected mayor of San Antonio in 1981, the first Hispanic mayor in Texas, and became by the mid-1980s the nation's most prominent and publicly visible Hispanic leader.
Henry Cisneros is Chairman of American Triple I, an infrastructure investment firm based in New York.
Jul 27, 2019 · You probably were as surprised as I was to hear that Henry Cisneros, the former U.S. housing secretary and mayor of San Antonio, was injured in a paragliding accident in Switzerland last...
Henry Cisneros was secretary of housing and urban development during the Clinton presidency from 1993 to 1997. Cisneros earned his bachelor's degree in 1968 and his master's degree in urban planning in 1970, both from Texas A&M University.
May 16, 2023 · Cisneros was in his final year as the city’s mayor and pushed for the Alamodome to be approved in 1989. He was the catalyst and driving force behind the building. “We were the...
