Sununu, John E. (John Edward), 1964-

<p>John Edward Sununu (born September 10, 1964) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from New Hampshire. He is the only Salvadoran American ever elected to the U.S. Congress (having served in both the House and the Senate). Sununu was the youngest member of the Senate for his entire six-year term. He is the son of former New Hampshire Governor and former White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu. On November 4, 2008, Sununu lost his re-election bid to former governor Jeanne Shaheen. His younger brother, Chris Sununu, has been the Governor of New Hampshire since January 2017.</p>

<p>Sununu, one of eight siblings, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Nancy (née Hayes) and former Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu.</p>

<p>His father's paternal ancestors came to the United States from the Middle East around the start of the 20th century, while his paternal grandmother was Salvadoran born to a Greek Orthodox family of Lebanese people that had settled in Central America at the turn of the century. His father's paternal ancestry is from the Greek Orthodox Lebanese and Palestinian communities in Jerusalem. Despite the family's emigration from Jerusalem, some members of the family were from Beirut, in what is today Lebanon. His father, John, was born in Havana, Cuba. His paternal grandfather, also named John, was born in the United States, and most of the last two generations of Sununus were also born in the United States.[2] His mother's ancestors include immigrants from Ireland, as well as Scotland and England.</p>

SUNUNU, John E., a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 10, 1964; graduated from Salem High School, Salem, N.H. 1982; B.S., M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1987; M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business 1991; elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Fifth and the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2003); was not a candidate for reelection in 2002; elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2002, and served from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2009; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2008.