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John E. Sununu

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  • Country of residence: United States
  • Gender: Male
  • Born in: 1964
  • Age: 53
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John Edward Sununu "born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S, on September 10, 1964" is a former Republican United States Senator from New Hampshire. 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, is Governor of New Hampshire, having won the November 8, 2016 general election.

Sununu married Catherine (Kitty) Halloran on July 9, 1988. They have three children: John, (Catherine) Grace, and Charlotte.

Early life, education, and business career

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

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 born in El Salvador to a family of Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christians that had settled inCentral America at the turn of the century. His father's paternal ancestry is Palestinian from the Greek Orthodox community in Jerusalem. Despite the family's ancestry 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.

His mother's ancestors include immigrants from Ireland, as well as Scotland and England.

Sununu earned both B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986 and 1987, respectively.

He earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University in 1991. After graduating, he worked in the high-tech industry, at one time for the company of Dean Kamen and as a management consultant for PRTM.

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