Joseph Ambrose Sestak Jr. ( born Joseph Ambrose Sestak Jr .; born December 12, 1951, ) is a retired United States Navy Vice Admiral and politician, member of the Democratic Party , member of the US House of Representatives (2007-2011).
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| The consignment | Democratic | ||||||
| Education | U.S. Naval Academy School of Management John F. Kennedy | ||||||
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| Years of service | 1974-2005 | ||||||
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| Type of army |  U.S. Navy | ||||||
| Rank |  vice admiral | ||||||
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Biography
The son of a Slovak immigrant, American naval officer Joseph Sestak, who died in 2009. In 1970, he graduated from high school, then the US Naval Academy , becoming the second most successful in his class. Subsequently, already during his service in the navy, he received master's and Ph.D. degrees from the Kennedy School of Management at Harvard University [1] .
In 1991, took command of his first ship, the . In 2001, by decision of Admiral , he was transferred to the Pentagon, where he led a research team of 100 people with the task of developing plans to create a specialized structure of the naval forces to engage the fleet in the fight against terrorism. In 2005, he completed a 31-year military career [2] .
At that time, Sestak’s daughter Alex fought cancer and underwent a full course of therapeutic and surgical treatment thanks to his medical insurance as a soldier. According to Sestak himself, this prompted him to leave for politics, and in 2006 he was elected to the House of Representatives from the 7th constituency of Pennsylvania, and in 2008 he was re-elected (at that time he became the most senior military elected in Congress ). In 2010, he won the primaries of the current Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter , but then lost the election to Republican Pat Tumi . In 2016, he made a second attempt to be elected to the Senate, but dropped out of the struggle already at the stage of preliminary elections [3] .
He taught at Carnegie Mellon University ( Pittsburgh ) and at the in [4] .
June 22, 2019 announced the entry into the struggle for the nomination of the Democratic Party in the 2020 presidential election [5] .
Personal life
Sestak made an offer to his future wife, née Susan Clark, two days after they met, when both were members of the American delegation visiting the countries of the former Soviet Union. Then he was refused, but after eight years the couple still got married [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Daniel Malloy. Sestak refuses to back down in race for Specter's seat . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (April 5, 2010). Date of treatment June 25, 2019.
- ↑ Thomas Fitzgerald. Sestak's tough fight for Senate seat . The Philadelphia Inquirer (April 11, 2010). Date of treatment June 25, 2019.
- ↑ Theresa Seiger. Who is Joe Sestak? 8 things to know about former Pennsylvania congressman, presidential hopeful . AJC (June 25, 2019). Date of treatment June 25, 2019.
- ↑ Danielle Lynch. UPDATE: Sestak says he wants to run for office, but doesn't know if it will be for governor . Daily Times (February 18, 2013). Date of treatment June 25, 2019.
- ↑ Sandra E. Garcia. Joe Sestak, Ex-Pennsylvania Congressman, Becomes 24th Democratic Candidate for 2020 . The New York Times (23 June 2019). Date of treatment June 25, 2019.
- ↑ Theresa Seiger. Who is Joe Sestak? 8 things to know about former Pennsylvania congressman, presidential hopeful . Springfield News-Sun (June 25, 2019). Date of treatment June 25, 2019.
Links
- SESTAK, Joe, (1951 - ) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . congress.gov. Date of treatment June 25, 2019.