Julian Castro
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Julián Castro is an American lawyer and politician from San Antonio. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the youngest member of President Obama's cabinet, serving as the 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2017. Castro served as the mayor of his native San Antonio, Texas from 2009 until he joined Barack Obama's cabinet in 2014.
Julian Castro
Julian Castro and his twin brother, Representative Joaquin Castro, at the LBJ Presidential Library.
Castro meets with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on July 7, 2014
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Hague meeting Castro in London in 2012
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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The United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a member of the president's Cabinet, and thirteenth in the presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on September 9, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of into law. The department's mission is "to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination."
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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Image: Robert C. Wood, the second Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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