Thomas Kean, Jr.

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Thomas Kean, Jr. : biography

September 5, 1968 –

In 2004, Kean introduced legislation to prohibit investment of public money in companies doing business in Sudan because of that country’s failure to prevent genocide in Darfur and its human rights abuses that include severe restrictions on the freedoms of assembly, association, movement and speech. The bill passed with bipartisan support and made New Jersey the second state in the country to divest from Sudan. Kean has supported public interest campaigns to end violence against women of Darfur.

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 21st District for the 2012-2013 Legislative Session are:, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed June 22, 2012.

  • Assemblyman Jon Bramnick, and
  • Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz

Early life

Kean is the son of Thomas Kean, who was Governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990 and Chairman of the 9/11 Commission following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. He grew up on the family’s estate in Livingston, New Jersey.Chen, David W. , The New York Times, September 16, 2006. Accessed February 24, 2011. "As he grew up at the family homestead in Livingston, the younger Mr. Kean said he was most impressed with the reception that his father received in the community."

Kean is a graduate of the Pingry School and Dartmouth College and holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he is currently completing his doctoral dissertation in international relations. He is a former aide to former Congressman Bob Franks and was a special assistant at the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the George H. W. Bush administration. He has also been a volunteer firefighter and a volunteer emergency medical technician. Kean currently resides in Westfield, New Jersey with his wife, Rhonda, and their two daughters.Chen, David W. , The New York Times, June 26, 2006. Accessed March 7, 2008. "Then, a few minutes later, the most dramatic exchange occurred when Mr. Kean sought to contrast his own background and record in Westfield, a wealthy suburb, with Mr. Menendez’s in Hudson County."

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