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Mark Kirk's Biography

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Full Name:

Mark Steven Kirk

Gender:

Male

Family:

Divorced

Birth Date:

09/15/1959

Birth Place:

Champaign-Urbana, IL

Home City:

Highland Park, IL

Religion:

Congregationalist

Attended, Blackburn College

Attended, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

JD, Georgetown University, 1992

MS, London School of Economics, 1982

BA, History, Cornell University, 1981

Senator, United States Senate, District Jr, 2011-2017

Candidate, United States Senate, Illinois, 2016

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 10, 2000-2010

Member, 21st Century Health Caucus

Member, Air Power Caucus

Co-Chair, Albanian Issue Caucus

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, United States Senate

Member, Army Caucus

Former Member, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, United States Senate

Member, Co-Chair, Nuclear Fuel Safety Caucus

Member, Coalition for Autism Research and Education

Member, Congressional Andean Region Caucus

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Member, Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus

Member, Congressional Biotechnology Caucus

Member, Congressional Boating Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues

Member, Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues

Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans

Member, Congressional Caucus on Korea

Member, Congressional Climate Change Caucus

Vice Chair, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Member, Congressional Kidney Caucus

Member, Congressional Spina Bifida Caucus

Member, Congressional Taiwan Caucus

Member, Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semitism

Member, Congressional Task Force on International HIV/AIDS

Member, Congressional Vision Caucus

Member, Electronic Warfare Working Group

Member, Global AIDS Emergency Task Force

Member, Great Lakes Task Force

Former Member, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, United States Senate

Member, House Commuter Caucus

Member, House Navy-Marine Corps Caucus

Member, House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus

Member, House Republican Israel Caucus

Member, Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus

Member, International Conservation Caucus

Member, Iran Working Group

Member, Medical Technology Caucus

Member, National Landscape Conservation System Caucus

Member, Silk Road Caucus

Member, Special Operations Forces Caucus

Former Member, Subcommittee on Children and Families, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, United States Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, United States Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, United States Senate

Member, Suburban Agenda Caucus

Co-Chair, Task Force Against Illegal Guns

Member, United States-Bangladesh Caucus

Member, United States-China Working Group

Member, United States-United Kingdom Caucus

Served, United States Naval Reserve, 1989-present

Commander, United States Naval Reserve, present

Counsel, International Relations Committee, United States House of Representatives, 1995-1999

Attorney, Baker and MacKenzie, 1993-1995

Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, United States Department of State, 1992-1993

Administrative Assistant, United States House of Representatives, Representative John Porter, 1984-1990

Officer, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, 1990

Parliamentary Assistant, British House of Commons, Office of Julian Critchley, Member of Parliament, 1982-1983

Teacher, The Milestone School, 1982-1983

Member, Blackburn Alumni Association

Member, Cornell Alumni Association

Co-chair, Grand Old Party Tuesday Group

Member, Illinois Bar Association

Member, Impact Aid Coalition

Member, London School of Economics Alumni Association

Member, Naval Reserve Association

Member, New Trier Republican Organization

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