Spencer Abraham (
1953 - ) is an
American politician. He was chairman of the
Michigan Republican Party from 1983 to 1990. He was deputy chief of staff for Vice President
Dan Quayle in 1990-1991. He served in the
U.S. Senate from 1994-2001 where he was the only Arab-American Senator. In 2001 he became
Energy Secretary under President
George W. Bush.
His grandparents were Lebanese immigrants.