Emilio T. Gonzalez
{{Short description|Cuban-American politician (born 1956)}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}
{{use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Emilio González
| image = Emilio T. Gonzalez USCIS Director.png
| birth_name = Emilio Tomás González
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|12|21}}
| birth_place = Cuba
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Republican
| education = University of South Florida, Tampa (BA)
Tulane University (MA)
Naval War College (MS)
University of Miami (PhD)
| office2 = Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
| president2 = George W. Bush
| term_start2 = December 21, 2005
| term_end2 = April 18, 2008
| predecessor2 = Eduardo Aguirre
| successor2 = Alejandro Mayorkas
| allegiance = {{flagicon|United States}} United States
| branch = {{flag|United States Army}}
| serviceyears =
| commands =
}}
Emilio Tomás González (born December 21, 1956) is a Partner and Senior Advisor to the Executive Committee at Ducenta Squared Asset Management, a minority-owned and operated fixed income firm.
Prior to this, he was City Manager and Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Miami. He was appointed by Mayor Francis Suarez in December 2017 and ratified by the Miami City Commission in January 2018. He stayed in that position until February 2020.{{cite news |last1=Flechas |first1=Joey |title=Emilio González, the most powerful administrator in Miami's government, resigns |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article239326273.html |access-date=October 13, 2020 |work=Miami Herald |date=January 16, 2020}}
He previously was Aviation Director and CEO of Miami International Airport and the Miami Dade County Aviation Department from April 2013 to December 2017.
Gonzalez has held private sector executive positions and was Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS),{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/30/AR2006113001269.html|title=U.S. Citizenship Process Is Getting a History Test|last=Fears|first=Darryl|date=December 1, 2006|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 16, 2011}}[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/nominations/592.html Presidential Nomination: Emilio Tomas Gonzalez] an Under Secretary position within the Department of Homeland Security. Appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2005, he led an organization of more than 17,000 federal and contract employees responsible for processing of immigration benefits. Gonzalez announced his resignation on March 13, 2008, and it became effective on April 18.
He also was Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the National Security Council. In this capacity he was a national security and foreign policy advisor to President Bush and Condoleezza Rice.
Gonzalez has been CEO of Indra USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Indra Sistemas, Spain's largest IT provider, as well as running his own consulting company.
Background
Gonzalez was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Tampa, Florida. He joined the Miami-based international law firm of Tew Cardenas as Senior Managing Director for Global and Government Affairs after leaving government service.
Gonzalez completed a career in the United States Army that spanned twenty-six years. He worked with the Defense Intelligence Agency as a military attaché to U.S. Embassies in El Salvador and Mexico, taught at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and headed the Office of Special Assistants for the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Southern Command. During his military career he earned numerous U.S. military decorations as well as the Parachutist Badge and the Presidential Staff Badge. Gonzalez has also been decorated by the Governments of Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Colombia. He retired from active duty with the rank of Colonel.
A graduate of the University of South Florida in Tampa with a B.A. in International Studies, Gonzalez also earned M.A. degrees in Latin American Studies from Tulane University, and in Strategic Studies and National Security Affairs from the U.S. Naval War College. He was awarded a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Miami, where he also received the Graduate School Award for Academic Achievement.{{cn|date=June 2023}}
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