Marco Rubio is an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat currently serving as the 72nd United States Secretary of State since 2025. He is a member of the Republican Party and also holds the roles of acting national security advisor and acting archivist of the United States.
In 1956, Marco Rubio's maternal grandfather, Pedro Victor Garcia, legally immigrated to the U.S.
In October 2011, The Washington Post reported that Rubio's previous statements that his parents were forced to leave Cuba in 1959 (after Fidel Castro came to power) were falsehoods. His parents left Cuba in 1956.
In October 2011, The Washington Post reported that Rubio's previous statements that his parents were forced to leave Cuba in 1959 (after Fidel Castro came to power) were falsehoods.
In 1962, Pedro Victor Garcia fled communist Cuba and returned to the U.S. without a visa and was detained.
In 1966, Pedro Victor Garcia reapplied for permanent resident status after the Cuban Adjustment Act passed, and his residency was approved.
From 1969 to 1977, Henry Kissinger served a combined tenure in one or both positions as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor.
On May 28, 1971, Marco Antonio Rubio was born. He is now an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat.
From 1973 to 1975, Henry Kissinger held the dual role of Secretary of State and National Security Advisor.
From 1973 to 1975, Henry Kissinger held the dual role of Secretary of State and National Security Advisor.
In 1975, Marco Rubio's parents were naturalized as U.S. citizens.
From 1969 to 1977, Henry Kissinger served a combined tenure in one or both positions as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor.
In 1984, Rubio received his first communion as a Catholic.
In 1993, Rubio earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Florida.
In 1996, Rubio received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law.
In 1996, while studying law, Rubio worked on Republican senator Bob Dole's presidential campaign.
In April 1998, two years after finishing law school, Rubio was elected to a seat as city commissioner for West Miami.
In 1998, Rubio married Jeanette Dousdebes in a Catholic church.
On December 14, 1999, Rubio placed second in the Republican primary for the 111th House District.
In late 1999, a special election was called to fill the seat for the 111th House District in the Florida House of Representatives.
In January 2000, Marco Rubio took his seat in the Florida legislature in Tallahassee.
On January 25, 2000, Rubio defeated Democrat Anastasia Garcia with 72% of the vote in a special election.
In November 2000, Rubio was reelected unopposed to the Florida House of Representatives.
In 2000, Marco Rubio was elected to represent the 111th district in the Florida House of Representatives.
Later in 2000, Mike Fasano promoted Rubio to be one of two majority whips in the Florida House of Representatives.
In September 2001, Mike Fasano resigned as majority leader of the Florida House due to disagreements with the House speaker.
In 2001, as a state representative, Rubio requested legislative earmarks totaling about $145 million.
Rubio introduced a plan to reduce state property taxes to 2001 levels, while increasing sales taxes to fund schools. Although the proposal passed the House, it faced opposition and smaller changes were eventually implemented.
In December 2002, Rubio was appointed House majority leader by Speaker Johnnie Byrd.
In 2002, Rubio was reelected unopposed to a second term in the Florida House of Representatives.
In 2002, as a state representative, Rubio requested legislative earmarks totaling about $145 million.
In 2003, Rubio voiced his support for the invasion of Iraq.
In 2004, Rubio was reelected to a third term in the Florida House of Representatives with 66% of the vote.
In January 2005, Rubio made personal charges on his Republican Party of Florida American Express card.
On September 13, 2005, at age 34, Rubio became speaker after state representatives Dennis Baxley, Jeff Kottkamp, and Dennis A. Ross dropped out.
In 2005, Rubio delivered a speech to the Florida House in which he asked members to look in their desks, where they each found a hardcover book titled 100 Innovative Ideas For Florida's Future.
In 2005, the Supreme Court made the decision in Kelo v. City of New London which took a broad view of governmental power to take private property under eminent domain.
In October 2006, Rubio made personal charges on his Republican Party of Florida American Express card.
In November 2006, Marco Rubio was elected speaker of the Florida House, serving for two years.
In November 2006, Rubio was sworn in as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
In 2006, Florida enacted a law limiting the state government's authority to take private property, responding to the 2005 Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London. Rubio chaired the special committee that proposed this legislation before becoming Speaker.
In 2006, Rubio published the book "100 Innovative Ideas For Florida's Future" after traveling around the state, talking with citizens, and compiling their ideas.
In 2006, Rubio was reelected to a fourth term in the Florida House of Representatives unopposed.
In January 2007, Charlie Crist succeeded Jeb Bush as governor and he and Rubio clashed frequently. Their sharpest clash involved the governor's initiative to expand casino gambling in Florida, resulting in Rubio suing Crist for bypassing the Florida Legislature, a case Rubio won.
In January 2007, Jeb Bush completed his term as governor, and Marco Rubio hired 18 of Bush's aides. This led to insiders saying that Rubio's office was like "the governor's office in exile".
In 2007, Tony Hill requested that the legislature apologize for slavery, and Rubio said the idea merited discussion.
Marco Rubio remained speaker of the Florida House of Representatives until November 2008.
In 2008, Marco Rubio left the Florida legislature due to term limits and began teaching at Florida International University.
In 2008, Rubio expressed his support for an apology for slavery, emphasizing its symbolic importance and recognizing the challenges faced by young African-American males. He helped set up a council on issues facing black men and boys and supported efforts to promote literacy and mentoring.
In 2008, after leaving the Florida Legislature, Rubio began teaching at Florida International University (FIU) as an adjunct professor.
On May 5, 2009, Rubio announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martínez.
On April 28, 2010, Charlie Crist announced he would run for U.S. Senate without a party affiliation, effectively ceding the Republican nomination to Rubio.
On November 2, 2010, Rubio won the general election for U.S. Senate with 49% of the vote.
A 2010 report by the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald said that some of Rubio's spending requests dovetailed with his personal interests.
In 2010, Marco Rubio was elected to the U.S. Senate in a three-way race.
In 2010, a house in Tallahassee co-owned by Rubio and David Rivera went into foreclosure after missed mortgage payments. Rubio assumed responsibility for the payments, and the house was eventually sold.
In 2010, during Rubio's Senate campaign, the media raised issues about some items charged by Rubio to his Republican Party of Florida American Express card during his time as House speaker.
In March 2011, Rubio supported U.S. participation in the military campaign in Libya to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
In June 2011, Rubio and Senator Joe Lieberman co-authored an opinion piece urging passage of congressional authorization for military action in Libya.
In October 2011, Rubio and other senators pushed for continued engagement to "help Libya lay the foundation for sustainable security".
In October 2011, The Washington Post reported that Rubio's statements about his parents being forced to leave Cuba in 1959 were false. His parents left Cuba in 1956.
In 2011, Rubio became an influential defender of the United States embargo against Cuba and visited the Reagan Library, giving a well-publicized speech and rescuing Nancy Reagan from falling.
In 2011, Rubio voted against the Budget Control Act of 2011, which included mandatory automatic budget cuts from sequestration.
In 2011, after entering the U.S. Senate, Rubio rejoined the FIU faculty, teaching undergraduate courses on Florida politics, political parties, and legislative politics.
Shortly after taking office in 2011, Rubio said he had no interest in running for president or vice president in the 2012 presidential election.
In March 2012, Rubio endorsed Mitt Romney for president, and stated that he did not expect to be or want to be selected as a vice presidential running mate, but was vetted for vice president by the Romney campaign.
In 2012, Rubio paid off $100,000 in student loans.
In 2012, Rubio voted against the "fiscal cliff" resolutions, citing concerns about the impact on small businesses and the lack of debt control.
In 2012, the Florida Commission on Ethics cleared Rubio of wrongdoing in his use of the party-issued credit card, though they noted a "level of negligence".
According to the National Journal, in 2013 Marco Rubio was the 17th most conservative senator.
In 2013, Rubio was part of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" senators that crafted comprehensive immigration reform legislation, which included a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants after strengthening border security.
Marco Rubio initially won his U.S. Senate seat with strong Tea Party backing, but his 2013 support for comprehensive immigration reform legislation led to a decline in their support for him.
On April 18, 2014, a WMUR/University poll showed Rubio had dropped to 10th place among New Hampshire Republican primary voters, behind other Republican contenders.
After the 2014 midterm elections, the Republicans obtained majority control of the Senate, giving Rubio and the Republicans vast federal influence.
In 2014, Alberto Martinez succeeded Cesar Conda as Rubio's chief of staff, with Conda remaining as a part-time advisor.
In 2014, Marco Rubio took a position with Broad and Cassel, a Miami law and lobbying firm, after working at a law firm that specialized in land use and zoning.
The Club for Growth gave Marco Rubio a rating of 93 percent based on his voting record in 2014.
In January 2015, Rubio started contacting top donors and appointing advisors, including George Seay and Jim Rubright, in preparation for a potential 2016 presidential run. He also instructed his aides to prepare for a presidential campaign.
In March 2015, Rubio and Senator Mike Lee proposed a tax plan that would lower the corporate income tax rate, eliminate taxes on capital gains, dividends, and inherited estates, create a new child tax credit, and set the top individual income tax rate at 35%. The plan also included a proposal to replace the means-tested welfare system.
On April 13, 2015, Rubio launched his campaign for president in 2016, positioning himself as a candidate who could restore the American Dream for middle and working-class families.
In April 2015, Marco Rubio launched a presidential bid instead of seeking reelection to the Senate.
In April 2015, Rubio decided to run for president instead of seeking reelection to the Senate.
In November 2015, Rubio released his party credit card statements from January 2005 through October 2006, showing personal charges that he had reimbursed.
In November 2015, following the Paris terrorist attacks, Rubio stated that the U.S. should not accept any more Syrian refugees due to the inability to conduct background checks.
As of early 2015, Marco Rubio had a rating of 98.67 by the American Conservative Union, based on his lifetime voting record in the Senate.
During a nationally televised debate in New Hampshire on February 6, 2016, Chris Christie criticized Rubio for speaking repetitively, stating that he sounded "scripted".
During the Republican primary campaign in February 2016, Marco Rubio criticized Donald Trump, calling him a "con artist" and stating that Trump was "wholly unprepared to be president of the United States".
On March 15, 2016, Marco Rubio suspended his presidential campaign after losing to Donald Trump in the Florida Republican primary.
In March 2016, Rubio opposed President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, citing the proximity to the end of Obama's term.
On June 13, 2016, after the Orlando nightclub shooting, Rubio hinted at running for Senate reelection.
In June 2016, after Donald Trump became the presumptive GOP nominee, Marco Rubio reaffirmed his February 2016 comments that we must not hand "the nuclear codes of the United States to an erratic individual".
On July 20, 2016, Marco Rubio endorsed Donald Trump after Trump secured the Republican Party's nomination for president.
On August 30, 2016, Rubio won the Republican primary for Senate, defeating Carlos Beruff.
Following the release of the Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape on October 7, 2016, Marco Rubio condemned Trump's comments as "vulgar, egregious & impossible to justify," but reaffirmed his support for Trump shortly thereafter. At the annual Calle Orange street festival in downtown Orlando, he was booed off a stage by a mostly Hispanic crowd over his support for Trump.
During the Republican primaries in the 2016 presidential election, Rubio and Donald Trump harshly criticized each other.
In 2016, Rubio condemned Turkey's wide-ranging crackdown on dissent following a failed coup attempt.
Rubio was a candidate during the 2016 Republican Party primary elections for president of the United States.
Throughout 2016, Marco Rubio shifted his stance on Donald Trump. Initially critical, including calling Trump a "con artist" in February 2016 and expressing concern about handing him "the nuclear codes" in June 2016, Rubio later endorsed Trump after he became the presumptive GOP nominee and confirmed he would attend the Republican National Convention where he intended to release his pledged delegates to support Trump. He also defended his support by saying Trump would sign a repeal of the Affordable Care Act and replace the late Antonin Scalia with another conservative Supreme Court Justice. By May 29, 2016, Rubio expressed interest in playing a role in Trump's campaign and on June 6, 2016 he rebuked Trump's comments on Gonzalo P. Curiel, who Trump accused of being biased against him on the basis of his ethnicity, as "offensive". Rubio restarted his Senate reelection campaign on June 22, 2016.
In January 2017, after ending his presidential campaign, Rubio stated he would be a "private citizen," leading to speculation about the end of his political career.
At a February 2018 CNN town hall event after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Rubio defended his record of accepting contributions from the National Rifle Association (NRA).
In March 2018, Rubio defended the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
In July 2018, Rubio offered an amendment to a major congressional spending bill to potentially force companies that purchase real estate in cash to disclose their owners as "an attempt to root out criminals who use illicit funds and anonymous shell companies to buy homes".
On August 28, 2018, Rubio, along with 16 other members of Congress, urged the U.S. to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act against Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang.
In 2018, Rubio reversed his previous position on climate change, acknowledging that humans contribute to an increase in greenhouse gases and that sea levels are rising at a measurable rate.
In January 2019, Marco Rubio became Florida's senior senator following the defeat of former senator Bill Nelson.
In April 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 8–1 to defeat Rubio's attempt to stop Obamacare.
In September 2020, Rubio applauded Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death.
In November 2020, Rubio announced that he would run for a third Senate term in the 2022 election.
After the 2020 elections, the Democrats regained majority control of the Senate, and Rubio has reassumed minority status within the Senate.
In 2020, Rubio joined the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus.
In 2020, the Chinese government sanctioned Marco Rubio twice, banning him from entering China.
In 2020, the International Criminal Court opened an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.
In March 2018, Rubio defended the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
In 2021, the International Criminal Court deprioritized the investigation into U.S. troops, focusing instead on crimes committed by the Taliban and ISIS-K.
In February 2022, Rubio condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
In 2022, Marco Rubio was reelected to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Val Demings.
In 2022, Rubio condemned holding the 2022 Winter Olympics in China due to its "evil, genocidal regime". He also stated that he would "work to ensure that the Olympics are never hosted in the People's Republic of China again".
In March 2023, Rubio voiced his support for revoking China's permanent normal trade relations status.
In 2023, Rubio said Hamas was "100 percent to blame" for Palestinian casualties in Gaza.
In November 2024, President-elect Trump announced his intention to nominate Marco Rubio to be Secretary of State in his second administration.
In November 2024, Rubio called Ukrainians "incredibly brave and strong", but said the war in Ukraine had reached a "stalemate" and "needs to be brought to a conclusion" to avoid further casualties.
In November 2024, it was reported that Donald Trump had chosen Marco Rubio as United States secretary of state in his second administration; Trump confirmed this on November 13, 2024.
In 2024, Marco Rubio endorsed Trump for president days before the Iowa caucuses.
In 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant.
On January 15, 2025, Marco Rubio appeared before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, where he called China "the most potent and dangerous near-peer adversary this nation has ever faced" and said the Chinese Communist Party had "lied, cheated, hacked, and stolen their way to global superpower status at our expense".
On January 20, 2025, President Trump formally nominated Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unanimously approved his nomination, and the Senate confirmed him a few hours later by a vote of 99 to 0.
On January 21, 2025, Marco Rubio took office as Secretary of State after being confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate.
On January 23, 2025, Marco Rubio instructed the State Department staff to freeze any passport applications that requested "X" sex markers, as part of compliance with Executive Order 14168, which ended gender self-identification on passports. This action created confusion among applicants and those who already had passports with "X" sex markers.
On January 24, 2025, Marco Rubio enacted a 90-day freeze on all U.S. foreign aid, with exceptions, effective January 28, in accordance with President Trump's executive order. This action shut down many of USAID's humanitarian, development, and security programs worldwide, despite Rubio's previous support for USAID during his time in Congress.
In February 2025, Marco Rubio announced that the State Department's Counter Foreign Information and Manipulation and Interference Office would be shut down, stating that it had wasted millions of dollars and engaged in censorship.
In February 2025, Marco Rubio met with El Salvador president Nayib Bukele and reached an agreement for the country to take in deported foreign nationals who committed crimes, in addition to jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Rubio praised the agreement as a way of rehousing deportees and American prisoners in the Salvadoran Terrorism Confinement Center.
In February 2025, Marco Rubio supported President Trump's proposal that the U.S. take over the Gaza Strip, stating that the U.S. "stands ready to lead and Make Gaza Beautiful Again" and pursue a lasting peace in the region for all people.
On February 16, 2025, Marco Rubio rejected concerns that Ukraine and Europe would be excluded from any future peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, stating that "Donald Trump is the only leader in the world that could potentially begin that process."
On March 7, 2025, The New York Times reported that Marco Rubio clashed with Elon Musk during a White House cabinet meeting. Musk criticized Rubio for not firing anyone in the State Department, and Rubio was angered by Musk's dismantling of USAID while he was the agency's administrator.
On March 9, 2025, Marco Rubio condemned the massacres of Syrian minorities committed by pro-government fighters during clashes in western Syria. He stated that "the United States stands with Syria's religious and ethnic minorities, including its Christian, Druze, Alawite, and Kurdish communities" and that the "perpetrators of these massacres against Syria's minority communities" should be held accountable.
In March 2025, Marco Rubio bypassed Congress by issuing an emergency declaration to send Israel a $4 billion shipment of arms.
On May 1, 2025, Marco Rubio was appointed acting national security advisor, replacing Mike Waltz, while continuing to serve as secretary of state.
On May 15, 2025, Marco Rubio acknowledged criticism of the U.S.-backed plan for distributing food aid in Gaza and said the U.S. government is "open to an alternative if someone has a better one".
In May 2025, Marco Rubio announced the U.S. government would "aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields". He also announced the U.S. would increase scrutiny of all future visa applications from China and Hong Kong.
On May 16, 2025, while in Abu Dhabi, UAE, President Trump discussed plans for addressing starvation in Gaza. Israel claimed Hamas raids food aid. A U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was set up to distribute food through hubs run by private contractors and protected by Israeli soldiers, with operations planned to begin by the end of May. This plan has been criticized as unworkable and potentially unlawful because it could lead to mass forced relocations.
In June 2025, Marco Rubio announced sanctions on four International Criminal Court judges, for allegedly targeting the United States and Israel.
In June 2025, the White House requested that Congress pass a package of rescissions, or "clawbacks", of approximately $8 billion in foreign aid and $1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The House of Representatives passed the cuts as requested, but the Senate excluded the cuts to PEPFAR, the program started under President George W. Bush to help lower-income countries get access to HIV medicines. The Senate passed two preliminary votes, 51-50, with Vice-President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking votes.
On June 27, 2025, Marco Rubio hosted a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, according to which Rwanda will withdraw soldiers from the eastern DRC and the two countries will launch a framework for economic integration within 90 days. President Trump announced there will be deals with the West for minerals such as tantalum, gold, cobalt, copper, and lithium.
In early September 2025, Marco Rubio met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Foreign Affairs Secretary Ramón de la Fuente during his third visit to Latin America. The U.S. and Mexico agreed to continue close cooperation regarding the smuggling of drugs from Mexico into the U.S. and the smuggling of guns from the U.S. into Mexico. Rubio said, "It's the closest cooperation we've ever had, maybe between any country, but definitely between the U.S. and Mexico."
In 2025, Marco Rubio became the 72nd United States Secretary of State, also serving as acting national security advisor and acting archivist of the United States.
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