Fabian Nunez
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About
This Democratic Party politician served from 2004 to 2008 as the Speaker of the California State Assembly. Previously, he had served California's forty-sixth district in the same legislative body.
Before Fame
He earned degrees in education and political science from Pitzer College in California.
Trivia
He was Governing Magazine's 2007 Public Official of the Year.
Family Life
He grew up in Mexico and Southern California as the child of Mexican parents. His son, Esteban, was charged with manslaughter following the stabbing death of a California college student named Luis Santos.
Associated With
In 2005, he met with Mexican President Vincente Fox in an attempt to repair relations between Fox and California's then-governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.