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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ( MS) Robert Martinez (born December 25, 1934) is an American retired politician who served as the 40th governor of Florida from 1987 to 1991. [1] A member of the Republican Party, Martinez was the first person of Spanish descent to be elected governor of Florida.
Sep 23, 2022 · It's National Hispanic Heritage Month and 10 Tampa Bay sat down with Florida's first Hispanic governor Bob Martinez.“The reasons they would give why it was a...
Mar 6, 2021 · President And Drug Czar -- President Bush, right, and Bob Martinez, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, talk before the start of the first plenary sesion in San Antonio, Texas ...
Feb 27, 2021 · Tallahassee, Fla.: Governor Bob Martinez announces his $17.9 billion budget that includes a 7% pay raise for Florida's teachers. Martinez explained the spending package and answered questions...
Oct 12, 2022 · “Bob Martinez was the first Latin governor, the first Hispanic governor that we had. He took office in 1987.” Prior to being elected governor, Martinez was mayor of the city of Tampa from 1979...
Fortieth governor. January 6, 1987 to January 8, 1991. Oil on canvas, Kenneth R. Fox, 1991. Florida's first American governor of Spanish descent, and the second Republican since Reconstruction to be elected to the governor's office, Bob Martinez was born in Tampa on Christmas Day in 1934.
Sep 23, 2022 · TAMPA, Fla — It was an improbable rise from humble beginnings on dirt roads in Tampa to the Governor’s Mansion in Tallahassee, but Bob Martinez, former Tampa mayor and Florida’s first ...
