Jon Kyl

Jon Llewellyn Kyl ( born April 25, 1942 in Oakland, Burt County, Nebraska ) is an American politician ( Republican). From 1995 to 2013 he was a U.S. Senator for the state of Arizona. In the Senate he was from December 2007 Minority Whip of the Republican minority faction.

Time 100 ranks him among the most influential people in 2010.

Life

Jon Kyl was born in 1942 as son of Arlene Pearl Griffith and John Henry Kyl, a later U.S. Congressman for the state of Iowa. In 1964, he received his bachelor's degree in 1966 and his law degree from the University of Arizona. Before entering politics, he was a lawyer at the law firm Jennings, Strouss & Salmon in Phoenix. From 3 January 1987 to January 3, 1995, he was a congressman for the fourth electoral district of Arizona; In 1994 he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he defeated a other Members of the House of Representatives to the Democrats Sam Coppersmith. In 2000, the confirmation followed with 79.3 percent of the votes, the Democrats had not drawn up a rival candidate. 2006 Kyl won with a share of 53.3 percent to Democrat Jim Pederson. On 19 December 2007 he succeeded by Minority Whip Trent Lott as.

In February 2011, Kyl announced that it would not re-apply for the Senate election in 2012 to his mandate. Favorite to succeed him was the Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who could doruchsetzen successful.

Jon Kyl is married to Caryll Collins, has two children, Kristine Kyl Gavin and John Kyl, and four grandchildren.