Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio
Official portrait, 2025
72nd United States Secretary of State
Incumbent
Assumed office January 21, 2025
President	Donald Trump
Deputy	Christopher Landau
Preceded by	Antony Blinken
United States National Security Advisor
Acting
Assumed office May 1, 2025
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Mike Waltz
Other administration positions Archivist of the United States Acting Assumed office February 16, 2025 President Donald Trump Preceded by William J. Bosanko (acting) Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development Acting Assumed office February 3, 2025 President Donald Trump Preceded by Jason Gray (acting)
United States Senator from Florida
In office January 3, 2011 – January 20, 2025
Preceded by	George LeMieux
Succeeded by	Ashley Moody
Committee positions Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee In office February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2025 Preceded by Mark Warner Succeeded by Mark Warner Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee Acting May 18, 2020 – February 3, 2021 Preceded by Richard Burr Succeeded by Mark Warner Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee In office January 3, 2019 – February 3, 2021 Preceded by Jim Risch Succeeded by Ben Cardin
94th Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
In office November 21, 2006 – November 18, 2008
Preceded by	Allan Bense
Succeeded by	Ray Sansom
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 111th district
In office January 25, 2000 – November 18, 2008
Preceded by	Carlos Valdes
Succeeded by	Erik Fresen
Member of the West Miami City Commission
In office April 1998 – January 2000
Preceded by	Tania Rozio
Succeeded by	Luciano Suarez
Personal details
Born	Marco Antonio Rubio (1971-05-28) May 28, 1971 (age 54) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Jeanette Dousdebes ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	4
Education	University of Florida (BA) University of Miami (JD)
Signature
Rubio's voice Rubio honoring a deceased Senate staffer. Recorded September 18, 2021

Marco Antonio Rubio (/ˈruːbioʊ/ ROO-bee-oh; born May 28, 1971) is an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat serving since 2025 as the 72nd United States secretary of state. A member of the Republican Party, Rubio is also serving in various other positions in an acting capacity, such as national security advisor, archivist of the United States, and administrator of USAID.

Rubio is a Cuban American from Miami, Florida. He has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami. After serving as a city commissioner for West Miami in the 1990s, he was elected in 2000 to represent the 111th district in the Florida House of Representatives. As the Republican majority leader, he was subsequently elected speaker of the Florida House; he served for two years beginning in November 2006. Rubio left the Florida legislature in 2008 due to term limits, and began teaching at Florida International University. In a three-way race, Rubio was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. In April 2015, he launched a presidential bid instead of seeking reelection. He suspended his campaign for the presidency on March 15, 2016, after losing to Donald Trump in the Florida Republican primary. He then ran for reelection to the Senate and won a second term. Despite his criticism of Trump during his presidential campaign, Rubio endorsed him before the 2016 general election and was largely supportive of his presidency.

Due to his influence on U.S. policy on Latin America during the first Trump administration, he was described as a "virtual secretary of state for Latin America".^[1] He is also considered to have been one of Congress's most hawkish members with regard to China and the Chinese Communist Party. The Chinese government sanctioned him twice in 2020 and he is banned from entering China. Rubio became Florida's senior senator in January 2019, following the defeat of former senator Bill Nelson, and was reelected to a third term in 2022, defeating Democratic nominee Val Demings in a landslide victory. Rubio endorsed Trump for president in 2024 days before the Iowa caucuses.

In November 2024, President-elect Trump announced his intention to nominate Rubio to be secretary of state in his second administration. Rubio was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate and took office on January 21, 2025. On May 1, 2025, Trump announced that Rubio would become acting National Security Advisor, replacing Mike Waltz, while continuing to serve as Secretary of State. This dual role was last held by Henry Kissinger from 1973 to 1975 (serving a combined tenure in one or both positions from 1969 to 1977) in the Nixon and Ford administrations. Rubio is also the acting administrator of USAID and archivist of the United States. He is the first Latino to serve as Secretary of State or act as National Security Advisor, making him the highest-ranking Hispanic American official in U.S. history.