Tom Ridge

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American politician cabinet minister governor human

Tom Ridge is an American politician and former governor of Pennsylvania who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, helping to shape the nation’s post-9/11 security framework.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → cabinet minister → governor → human →
appointedBy	George W. Bush →
awardReceived	Bronze Star Medal →
boardMemberOf	Exelon → The Home Depot →
conflict	Vietnam War →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1945-08-26 →
educatedAt	Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh) → Harvard University → Pennsylvania State University →
familyName	Ridge →
founded	Ridge Global LLC →
givenName	Thomas →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
militaryRank	Staff Sergeant →
notableRole	first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security →
notableWork	helped establish the U.S. Department of Homeland Security → helped shape post-9/11 U.S. homeland security policy →
numberOfChildren	2 →
occupation	lawyer → politician →
officeEndTime	2001-10-05 →
officeEndTime (Assistant to the President for Homeland Security)	2003-01-24 →
officeEndTime (U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security)	2005-02-01 →
officeStartTime	1995-01-17 →
officeStartTime (Assistant to the President for Homeland Security)	2001-10-08 →
officeStartTime (U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security)	2003-01-24 →
placeOfBirth	Munhall, Pennsylvania, United States →
positionHeld	Assistant to the President for Homeland Security → Governor of Pennsylvania → Member of the U.S. House of Representatives → U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security →
precededBy (Governor of Pennsylvania)	Robert P. Casey →
precededBy (U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security)	position established →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
represented	Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district →
residence	Erie, Pennsylvania →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Michele Ridge →
succeededBy (Governor of Pennsylvania)	Mark Schweiker →
succeededBy (U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security)	Michael Chertoff →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States Secretary of Homeland Security →	firstHolder
United States Secretary of Homeland Security →	inauguralHolder