Bob Menendez，美国律师和政治家
罗伯特·梅南德斯（Robert Menendez，1954 年 1 月 1 日出生）是一名美国律师和政治家，担任新泽西州的高级美国参议员，自 2006 年以来一直担任该席位。作为民主党成员，他首次被任命为美国参议院议员由州长乔恩·科辛 (Jon Corzine) 主持，并于 2013 年至 2015 年和 2021 年再次担任美国参议院外交关系委员会主席。
In 1974, at the age of 20, Menendez was elected to the Union City School District's Board of Education.他获得了圣彼得大学和罗格斯法学院的学位。 In 1986, he was elected mayor of Union City. In 1988, while continuing to serve as mayor, he was elected to represent the state's 33rd district in the New Jersey General Assembly and, within three years, moved to the New Jersey Senate, upon winning the March 1991 special election for the 33rd Senate district .第二年，梅嫩德斯赢得了众议院席位，并代表新泽西州第 13 届国会选区，从 1993 年到 2006 年连续六个两年任期。2006 年 1 月，他被任命填补由乔恩·科辛 (Jon Corzine) 空缺的美国参议院席位(who had been elected governor of New Jersey), and was elected to a full six-year term in November;他于2012年和2018年被重拍。
2015 年，梅嫩德斯因联邦腐败指控被起诉，该指控于 2018 年被撤销。美国参议院道德特别委员会“严厉训诫”他。