Rafael Edward Cruz is a Canadian-born American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the junior United States Senator from Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2003 to 2008 as the third Solicitor General of Texas. He has been described as a movement conservative, a social conservative, and a constitutional conservative with libertarian leanings. Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee since 2025.
- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, law clerk, jurist
- Position held
- director, Solicitor General of Texas, Associate Deputy Attorney General, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States, Canada
- Born
- December 22, 1970
- Website
- https://www.tedcruz.org/, https://www.cruz.senate.gov/
