Marco Rubio is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat who served as the 72nd United States Secretary of State since 2025. As a member of the Republican Party, he represented Florida in the United States Senate from 2011 to 2025. He was a candidate in the 2016 Republican presidential primary elections. During his time as Secretary of State, he has also held acting positions such as National Security Advisor, Archivist of the United States, and Administrator of USAID.
In 1956, Marco Rubio's maternal grandfather, Pedro Victor Garcia, immigrated to the U.S. legally.
In 1956, Marco Rubio's parents began living in the United States during the regime of Fulgencio Batista.
In 1959, Marco Rubio's maternal grandfather returned to Cuba to find work.
In 1959, 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 1961, Marco Rubio's mother made a month-long return trip to Cuba.
In 1961, Marco Rubio's mother took his two elder siblings back to Cuba with the intention of living there permanently.
In 1962, Marco Rubio's maternal grandfather fled communist Cuba and returned to the U.S. without a visa.
In 1966, Marco Rubio's grandfather's residency was approved after reapplying for permanent resident status.
From 1973 to 1975 Henry Kissinger was a combined tenure in one or both positions from 1969 to 1977, during the Nixon and Ford administrations
On May 28, 1971, Marco Antonio Rubio was born.
From 1973 to 1975 Henry Kissinger was a combined tenure in one or both positions from 1969 to 1977, during the Nixon and Ford administrations
From 1973 to 1975 Henry Kissinger was a combined tenure in one or both positions from 1969 to 1977, during the Nixon and Ford administrations
In 1975, Marco Rubio's parents were naturalized as U.S. citizens.
From 1973 to 1975 Henry Kissinger was a combined tenure in one or both positions from 1969 to 1977, during the Nixon and Ford administrations
In 1984, Marco Rubio received his first communion as a Catholic.
In 1993, Marco Rubio earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Florida.
In 1996, Marco Rubio earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law.
In 1996, Marco Rubio worked on Republican senator Bob Dole's presidential campaign.
In April 1998, Marco Rubio was elected as city commissioner for West Miami.
In 1998, Marco Rubio married Jeanette Dousdebes, who is also from a Hispanic family. She is a former bank teller and Miami Dolphins cheerleader. Their wedding was held in a Catholic church, the Church of the Little Flower.
On December 14, 1999, Marco Rubio placed second in the Republican primary.
In January 2000, Marco Rubio took his seat in the legislature in Tallahassee.
On January 25, 2000, Marco Rubio defeated Democrat Anastasia Garcia with 72% of the vote in a special election.
In November 2000, Rubio was reelected unopposed.
In 2000, Marco Rubio was elected to represent the 111th district in the Florida House of Representatives.
In early 2000, Marco Rubio was elected to the Florida House of Representatives.
Later in 2000, Marco Rubio was promoted to be one of two majority whips.
In September 2001, Mike Fasano resigned as majority leader of the House due to disagreements with the House speaker.
In 2001, Marco Rubio requested legislative earmarks totaling about $145 million.
Marco Rubio introduced a plan to reduce state property taxes to 2001 levels, while increasing sales taxes to fund schools. The proposal, introduced at an unspecified date, passed the House but faced opposition.
In December 2002, Marco Rubio was appointed House majority leader.
In 2002, Marco Rubio requested legislative earmarks totaling about $145 million.
In 2002, Rubio was reelected to a second term unopposed.
In 2003, Marco Rubio supported the invasion of Iraq.
In 2004, Rubio was reelected to a third term with 66% of the vote.
Starting in January 2005, Marco Rubio made some personal charges on his Republican Party of Florida American Express card. These charges were later reimbursed.
On September 13, 2005, at age 34, Marco Rubio became speaker.
In 2005, upon being chosen as future speaker, Marco Rubio gave a speech to the Florida House and presented members with a blank hardcover book titled "100 Innovative Ideas For Florida's Future", telling them they would fill it together.
Prior to his speakership, in 2005, Marco Rubio chaired a special committee that proposed legislation limiting the state government's authority to take private property.
Through October 2006, Marco Rubio made some personal charges on his Republican Party of Florida American Express card. These charges were later reimbursed.
In November 2006, Marco Rubio was elected speaker of the Florida House.
In November 2006, Marco Rubio was sworn in as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
In 2006, Florida enacted laws limiting the state government's authority to take private property, following the Kelo v. City of New London Supreme Court decision. This legislation had been proposed by a committee chaired by Marco Rubio.
In 2006, Marco Rubio published the book "100 Innovative Ideas For Florida's Future" after gathering ideas from citizens across the state. Some of the ideas became law, including multiple-year car registrations and expanded school-choice programs.
In 2006, Rubio was reelected to a fourth term unopposed.
In January 2007, Charlie Crist took office as Governor of Florida. Rubio and Crist clashed frequently, most notably over Crist's initiative to expand casino gambling in Florida.
In 2007, Marco Rubio supported the idea of the Florida legislature apologizing for slavery, after state senator Tony Hill requested it.
In November 2008, Marco Rubio's term as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives ended.
After leaving the Florida Legislature in 2008, Marco Rubio began teaching at Florida International University (FIU) as an adjunct professor.
In 2008, Jonathan D. Farrar was the Chief of Mission of the United States Interests Section in Havana.
In 2008, Marco Rubio left the Florida legislature due to term limits and began teaching at Florida International University.
In 2008, Marco Rubio supported apologizing for slavery, highlighting the belief among young African-American males that the American dream was not available to them. He also helped set up a council and supported efforts to promote literacy and mentoring for black children.
On May 5, 2009, Marco Rubio announced his intention to run 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 Marco Rubio.
On November 2, 2010, Marco Rubio won the general election for U.S. Senate with 49% of the vote. He and Bob Menendez became the only two Hispanic Americans in the Senate.
In 2010, Marco Rubio was elected to the U.S. Senate.
In 2010, a house Marco Rubio co-owned with David Rivera went into foreclosure after missed mortgage payments. Rubio assumed responsibility for the payments, and the house was eventually sold.
In 2010, during Marco Rubio's Senate campaign, issues were raised about his use of a Republican Party of Florida American Express card during his time as House speaker.
In 2010, the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald published a report suggesting some of Marco Rubio's spending requests dovetailed with his personal interests.
In March 2011, Marco Rubio supported U.S. participation in the military campaign in Libya and urged Senate leaders to bring a resolution authorizing the president's decision to participate.
In June 2011, Marco Rubio co-authored an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal with Senator Joe Lieberman urging passage of authorization for military action in Libya.
In October 2011, Marco Rubio joined other senators in pushing for continued engagement to help Libya lay the foundation for sustainable security and warned of threats posed by militias and weapons.
In October 2011, The Washington Post reported that Marco Rubio's statements about his parents leaving Cuba in 1959 were false.
During his first year in office, in 2011, Marco Rubio became an influential defender of the United States embargo against Cuba and induced the State Department to withdraw an ambassadorial nomination. Also, he rescued Nancy Reagan from falling during a visit to the Reagan Library.
In 2011, Marco Rubio voted against the Budget Control Act, which included mandatory automatic budget cuts from sequestration, calling it a "terrible idea".
In 2011, after entering the U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio rejoined the FIU faculty and taught undergraduate courses on Florida politics, political parties, and legislative politics.
Shortly after taking office in 2011, Marco Rubio stated he had no interest in running for president or vice president in the 2012 presidential election.
In March 2012, Marco Rubio endorsed Mitt Romney for president and stated he did not expect or want to be selected as a vice presidential running mate, though he was vetted for the position.
In 2012, Marco Rubio paid off $100,000 in student loans.
In 2012, Marco Rubio voted against the "fiscal cliff" resolutions, stating they would force small businesses to make difficult decisions that could lead to layoffs and reduced benefits.
In 2012, the Florida Commission on Ethics cleared Marco Rubio of wrongdoing in his use of the party-issued credit card, though noting negligence in not using his personal MasterCard.
In April 2013, Rubio voted against an expansion of background checks for gun purchases, arguing increased regulatory measures would do little to help capture criminals. He also voted against publishing the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture.
In November 2014, with Republicans taking control of the U.S. Senate, Rubio pushed for the elimination of the "risk corridors" used by the federal government to compensate insurers for their losses as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
After the 2014 midterm elections, the Republicans obtained majority control of the Senate, giving Marco Rubio and the Republicans vast federal influence during the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency, as well as during all four years of Donald Trump's presidency.
In 2014, Alberto Martinez succeeded Cesar Conda as Marco 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.
In April 2015, Marco Rubio decided to run for president instead of seeking reelection to the Senate.
In April 2015, Marco Rubio launched a presidential bid instead of seeking reelection to the Senate.
In November 2015, Marco Rubio released his Republican Party of Florida American Express card statements from January 2005 through October 2006, showing personal charges that he had reimbursed.
In November 2015, after the Paris terrorist attacks, Marco Rubio said that, because background checks could not be done, the U.S. should accept no more Syrian refugees.
During a nationally televised debate among Republican candidates in New Hampshire on February 6, 2016, Rubio was criticized by rival Chris Christie for speaking repetitiously, with Christie saying Rubio sounded "scripted".
In February 2016, during the Republican primary campaign, Marco Rubio criticized Donald Trump, calling him a "con artist" and saying that Trump is "wholly unprepared to be president of the United States".
On March 15, 2016, Marco Rubio suspended his campaign for the presidency after losing to Donald Trump in the Florida Republican primary.
In March 2016, Marco Rubio opposed President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, stating that a nominee should not be considered in the last year of a president's term, even if the president was a Republican.
On May 17, 2016, Rubio broke from the Republican majority in his support of Obama's request for $2 billion in emergency spending on the Zika virus, acknowledging that it was the scientists' request, the doctors' request, the public health sector's request for how to address this issue.
On June 13, 2016, Marco Rubio "seemed to open the door to running for reelection" to the Senate, citing the Orlando nightclub shooting.
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, after Donald Trump won the Republican Party's nomination, Marco Rubio endorsed him after previously criticizing him during the Republican primary campaign.
On August 30, 2016, Marco Rubio won the Republican primary for his Senate seat, defeating Carlos Beruff.
On October 7, 2016, following the Donald Trump Access Hollywood controversy, Marco Rubio wrote that "Donald's comments were vulgar, egregious & impossible to justify. No one should ever talk about any woman in those terms, even in private."
In 2016, Marco Rubio backed Donald Trump for president, citing that Trump would sign a repeal of the Affordable Care Act and replace Antonin Scalia with a conservative Supreme Court Justice. Rubio also confirmed he would be attending the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, where he intended to release his pledged delegates to support Trump.
In 2016, Marco Rubio was a candidate in the Republican Party primary elections for President of the United States.
On April 5, 2017, Rubio stated that Bashar al-Assad felt he could act with "impunity" because the United States was not prioritizing removing him from office.
During a CNN town hall event in February 2018, following the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Marco Rubio defended his record of accepting contributions from the National Rifle Association (NRA), stating that the influence of these groups comes from the millions of people who agree with their agenda, not from money.
In March 2018, Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, despite concerns from experts and fellow Republicans that it would lead to undercounting and faulty data.
In July 2018, Marco Rubio offered an amendment to a major congressional spending bill to potentially force companies that purchase real estate in cash to disclose their owners in an attempt to root out criminals who use illicit funds and anonymous shell companies to buy homes.
On August 28, 2018, Marco Rubio and 16 other members of Congress urged the U.S. to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act against Chinese officials for human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang.
In 2018, Marco Rubio distanced himself from his previous efforts to reach a compromise on immigration, and developed more hardline views on immigration, rejecting bipartisan immigration reform efforts.
In January 2019, Marco Rubio became Florida's senior senator.
In April 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 8-1 to defeat Marco Rubio's attempt to stop the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
On July 13, 2020, the Chinese government sanctioned Rubio and three other U.S. politicians for "interfering in China's internal affairs" by condemning human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
On August 10, 2020, the Chinese government sanctioned Rubio and 10 other Americans for "behaving badly on Hong Kong-related issues".
In November 2020, Marco Rubio announced his intention to run for a third Senate term in the 2022 election.
By November 23, 2020, Rubio referred to Biden as president-elect, after initially defending Trump's right to assert claims of election fraud.
After the 2020 elections, the Democrats regained majority control of the Senate, and Marco Rubio has reassumed minority status within the Senate.
In 2020, the Chinese government sanctioned Marco Rubio twice, banning him from entering China.
In May 2021, Rubio argued that "Wall Street must stop enabling Communist China" in The American Prospect and on his website.
On May 28, 2021, Rubio voted against creating the January 6 commission after previously voting to certify the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count and acquitting Trump for his role in inciting the mob to storm the Capitol.
In February 2022, Marco Rubio condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
In 2022, Marco Rubio condemned holding the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, citing its "evil, genocidal regime" and vowing to prevent future Olympics from being hosted there. He also introduced the Chinese Communist Party Visa Ban Act.
In 2022, Marco Rubio was reelected to a third term, defeating Val Demings.
In March 2023, Marco Rubio voiced support for revoking China's permanent normal trade relations status.
In November 2024, Marco 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, President-elect Trump announced his intention to nominate Marco Rubio to be Secretary of State in his second administration.
In 2024, Marco Rubio endorsed Trump for president days before the Iowa caucuses.
On January 21, 2025, Marco Rubio took office as Secretary of State.
On May 1, 2025, Marco Rubio was appointed acting National Security Advisor, while continuing to serve as Secretary of State.
In 2025, Marco Rubio became the 72nd United States Secretary of State.
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