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Henry Gabriel Cisneros (born June 11, 1947) [1] 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). A Democrat, Cisneros served as the 10th Secretary of Housing ...
Henry Cisneros first ran for the city council in 1975, at a time when the Good Government League—San Antonio’s business-as-usual Anglo ruling party of that era—was starting to lose its ...
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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.
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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 ...
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Jul 27, 2019 · Henry Cisneros, left, and Julián Castro, right, talk before Castro announced his run for U.S. president at Plaza Guadalupe in San Antonio on Jan. 12, 2019. Both were mayor of San Antonio and ...
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Jan 19, 2024 · In 2021, Cisneros co-authored a book about the growing economic and political power of the Texas Triangle cites: Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin. Exploding population ...
Henry Cisneros’ CityView companies help urban homebuilders create homes priced within the range of average families and is a partner in building more than 60 communities in 13 states, incorporating more than 7,000 homes with a home value of over $2 billion. Henry’s community-building career began at the local level.
