Eric Cantor

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Eric Cantor (2012)

Eric Ivan Cantor (born June 6, 1963 in Richmond , Virginia ) is an American politician . He is a member of the Republican Party and represented Virginia's seventh congressional constituency in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2014 . From 2009 he was Whip the Republican and from January 3, 2011 to July 31, 2014 majority leader of the House of Representatives.

Family, education and work

Eric Cantor grew up in a conservative Jewish family . His ancestors come from Eastern Europe and immigrated to the USA at the beginning of the 20th century. Cantor's father was the treasurer of the Ronald Reagan campaign team in 1980 . Cantor attended the private collegiate school in Richmond and studied at George Washington University , which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1985 , and at the College of William & Mary , from which he received the Juris Doctor in 1988 . He also obtained a Master of Science degree in real estate development from Columbia University in 1989 .

After graduating, Cantor worked as a businessman and lawyer in his family's business.

He has been married to Diana Fine Cantor since 1989. You have three children.

Political career

As early as 1981, as a freshman at George Washington University, he worked for Tom Bliley , then representative of Virginia's 7th congressional electoral district in the House of Representatives, and was Bliley's driver during the 1982 election campaign.

From 1992 to January 1, 2001, he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . Since January 3, 2001, he has been a member of the US House of Representatives. During his first legislature, he was chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare . He was also a member of the Financial Services and Ways and Means committees . In the following three terms he acted as deputy whip . On November 19, 2008, Cantor was unanimously elected Republican Whip.

In August 2008, Cantor was considered a possible candidate by Republican nominee John McCain for the office of vice president in the 2008 presidential election . Of the 45 members of the Jewish faith in the 111th Congress , Cantor was the only Republican.

After the Republicans won seats in the November 2010 election and gained a majority in the House of Representatives, Cantor was elected House Majority Leader of the 112th Congress on January 3, 2011, making him number two in the Republican Party after Speaker John Boehner .

On June 10, 2014, Cantor was surprisingly defeated in the Republican Party primary by his largely unknown challenger, Tea Party supporter Dave Brat . Cantor's defeat was accompanied by considerable media interest. Immediately thereafter, Cantor announced that he would resign from the position of majority leader in the House of Representatives on July 31, 2014. Although Cantor initially announced that he would exercise his mandate until it expired on January 3, 2015, he resigned it on August 18, 2014 and thus left the Congress entirely. Brat prevailed both in the due by-election and in the regular congressional election and became Cantor's successor in Congress on November 4, 2014.

Cantor switched to the financial sector in autumn 2014 and became vice chairman and member of the board of directors of the Moelis investment bank .

Political positions

Cantor and MPs Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan published the book Young Guns - A New Generation of Conservative Leaders in September 2010 , in which they criticized the Republican establishment and called for a return of Republicans to conservative values ​​and strict anti-spending policies.

Cantor wants to improve the education system and calls for a simpler tax system.

literature

Web links

Commons : Eric Cantor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Allison Hoffman: The Gentleman From Virginia: The Rise and Fall of Eric Cantor. In: Tabletmag.com January 13, 2013 (English).
  2. ↑ Bob Lewis: In veep search, McCain asks Cantor for records. In: Fox News , August 2, 2008.
  3. ↑ Rolf Büllmann: http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/cantor-vorwahlen-100.html ( Memento from June 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Tagesschau.de , June 11, 2014.
  4. ^ Cantor to resign as Majority Leader. In: Time.com , June 12, 2014 (English).
  5. ^ Cantor to resign from congress. In: Times Dispatch .
  6. ↑ Vita Eric Cantor. In: Handelsblatt , No. 104 of June 3, 2015, p. 30.
  7. ↑ Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy: Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders. Simon and Schuster, New York 2010, ISBN 978-1-4516-0734-5 , preview (English).
  8. ↑ Christian Wernicke: USA: Republicans should become more humane. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 6, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Cantor, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cantor, Eric Ivan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , Virginia