Norman Yoshio Mineta was a Japanese-American politician who died on May 3, 2022.

He was the only Democratic Cabinet Secretary in the Bush administration.

Mineta was well respected for his competence in the byzantine regulations controlling the country’s roadways, trains, and airports as a Democratic congressman and then as a Cabinet member under Democratic and Republican administrations.

Mineta was a first-generation Japanese American who was interned during WWII and went on to become one of the country’s most visible Asian American political leaders

He was also a big-city mayor, a 10-term congressman, and a Cabinet secretary of Transportation in President George W. Bush’s Cabinet.

George W. Bush gave Mr. Mineta the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, months after his resignation in 2006.

In 1971, he became the first Asian American to manage a major U.S. city, his hometown of San Jose, which was in the middle of a recession.

He was 90 years old.

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Who is Norman Mineta’s son David Mineta?

David Mineta was the eldest son of the politician.

He currently lives in San Jose.

David Mineta age

He is believed to be around 60 to 70 years of age.

David Mineta mom and siblings

David’s mom is May Hinoki with his siblings being Stuart Mineta of Redwood City, Calif.; two stepsons, Robert Brantner of West River, Md., and Mark Brantner of Johnson City, Tenn.

David Mineta school

Mineta was reported to have had a good educational background

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