Tom Perez Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Thomas Edward Perez
Nickname(s)	Tom
Profession	Politician
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 11" (180 cm)
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Gray
Politics
Political Party	Democratic
Political Journey	• Principal Secretary to Democratic Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy - from 1995 to 1998 • Council of Montgomery County, Maryland from its 5th district - From 2002 to 2006 • Served as council president - From 2004 to 2005 • Became Maryland Secretary of Labor - 2007 • Nominated by President Barack Obama to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice - 2009 • Nominated to be Secretary of Labor by President Barack Obama - July 2013 - January 2017 • Elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee - February 2017 - January 2021 • Lost the primary in the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election • Became Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs - June 2023 • Became Senior Advisor to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs - June 2023
Personal Life
Date of Birth	7 October 1961 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2023)	62 Years
Birthplace	Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Zodiac sign	Libra
Signature
Nationality	American
Hometown	Buffalo, New York
School	Canisius High School, Buffalo, New York, USA
College/University	• Brown University, Rhode Island, USA • Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA • John F. Kennedy School of Government
Educational Qualification	• Bachelor of Arts in international relations and political science from Brown University in 1983 • Juris Doctor cum laude from Harvard Law School • Master of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government
Religion	Christianity (Roman Catholic)
Ethnicity	Latino
Address	200 Constitution Ave. NW Washington DC 20210 1-866-4-USA-DOL 1-866-487-2365 TTY
Hobbies	Reading, Traveling, Cooking
Controversies	• Maryland Attorney General qualification row His candidature for attorney general of Maryland was questioned as he didn't fulfill 10 years of previous experience practicing law in Maryland criterion mentioned in Maryland's State Constitution. The Maryland Court of Appeals later rejected Perez's bid for attorney general after a lawsuit was filed by Stephen N. Abrams, a member of the Montgomery County Board of Education. [1]Maryland Court of Appeals • Criticised for promoting gambling in Maryland As Maryland Secretary of Labor, Perez was criticised for promoting gambling as he headed the legalization of slot machines in Maryland as many people found it a regressive way to raise revenue. [2]The Washington Post • New Black Panther Party controversy Conservatives criticised Perez for dropping charges against the New Black Panther Party over voter intimidation claims while Perez was working with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. [3]Slate
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	27 August 1988
Family
Wife/Spouse	Ann Marie Staudenmaier (attorney)
Children	Son- 1 • Rafael Perez Daughters- 2 • Susana Perez • Amalia Perez
Parents	Father- Rafael Perez (physician) (died of a heart attack on 29 June 1974)) Mother- Grace Perez
Siblings	Brothers- 3 (all elder) Sister- 1 (elder)
Money Factor
Assets/Properties	A residential property in Takoma Park, Maryland

Some Lesser Known Facts About Thomas Perez

• Tom Perez hit the headlines when Barack Obama nominated him as the nation’s 26th Secretary of Labor in July 2013. Since then he has held many prominent positions including senior advisor to the president of the United States and director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

• He has served under five presidents (two Republican and three Democratic) – Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden.

• Tom, the youngest of five children of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, grew up in Buffalo, New York.
  

  A picture of Tom Perez and his siblings from their childhood

• After World War II, his father enlisted in the U.S. Army and earned U.S. citizenship. Before moving to Buffalo, his father worked as a doctor in Atlanta.

• Tom’s father worked as a doctor in Atlanta and later moved to Buffalo, where he worked as a physician at a Veterans Affairs hospital.

• His father died when he was 12 years old.

• In 1930, his mother arrived in the United States after her father, Rafael Brache, was appointed as the Dominican Republic’s Ambassador to the United States.

• All his siblings followed their father’s profession to become physicians. Perez decided to pursue a different career after he fainted while watching one of his brothers perform surgery.

• Tom studied at Christ the King in Amherst, New York, until the 8th grade and later attended Canisius High School, an all-boys Jesuit school in Buffalo, where he graduated in 1979.
  

  A picture of Tom Perez from his teenage

• While studying at Brown University, Tom joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

• Apart from Pell Grants and scholarships, Perez covered his college expenses by working in a warehouse and as a garbage collector.

• During his college days, Perez worked for the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights.

• While studying at Harvard, Perez worked as a law clerk for Attorney General Edwin Meese.

• After graduating from Harvard, he became a civil rights attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice and served as deputy assistant attorney general for civil rights under Attorney General Janet Reno.

• Before serving in the Department of Justice, Perez worked as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

• In the final years of Bill Clinton’s administration, Perez worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as the Director of the Office for Civil Rights.

• In 2002, Perez became the first Latino member of the Montgomery County Council. He later became its president in 2004 and served until 2006.

• From 2001 to 2007, he taught in the clinical law and the law and health program at the University of Maryland School of Law.

• In January 2007, Governor Martin O’Malley appointed him Maryland Secretary of Labor.

• In 2010, the Brown Alumni Association honored his civil rights work with the William Rogers Award.

• In 2014, Brpwn University honoured him with an honorary Doctorate of Laws.
  

  Tom Perez waves after being awarded an honorary degree during commencement services on the campus of Brown University in May 2014

• In the 2016 Presidential Election, he was considered one of the most probable running mates of Hillary Clinton; however, he later campaigned for the Clinton-Kaine ticket.