Tim Wirth

Timothy Endicott " Tim " Wirth ( born September 22, 1939 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. From January 3rd 1975 to January 3, 1993, he sat for the U.S. state of Colorado in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

Early years, career and family

Wirth was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University. The Stanford University awarded him a Ph.D. in 1973.

Wirth is married to Wren Winslow Wirth. Together they have a daughter and a son.

Political career

His political career began Wirth career in the government of Richard Nixon, where he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education. In 1970, he returned to Colorado, where he successfully ran in 1974 for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Until 1987 he represented the 2nd District of the State of Colorado. During his time in the House to Wirth began for alternative household duties, including for the promotion of the telecom industry.

1986 Wirth then ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate. In the election, he could just enforce against his colleague Ken Kramer. He succeeded Gary Hart. In the Senate, he put his attention to climate change. So he organized in 1988 the legendary in the U.S. Hansen hearings. Wirth was more common as a sponsor of legislation that had the limitation of environmental damage to the target. In 1992, he did not start for re-election.

After the Congress

After he resigned from the Congress, he supported the candidacy of Bill Clinton for the office of U.S. President After the success of Clinton appointed him in 1993 in the State Department to the Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs. During his tenure, he served as Leister delegation of the U.S. delegation at the climate conference in Kyoto, where the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, to which the U.S. is not involved. In 1997 he resigned then, to become president of the newly formed United Nations Foundation, an independent foundation that wants to promote their work, the goals of the UN. Wirth was on February 1, 2013 from the Office of the President. The foundation but he will continue to be available.

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