• Faith: Christian - Catholic
• Career: Politician
• Birthday:  May 28, 1971

Marco Rubio is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney who has served as the 72nd U.S. Secretary of State, acting Administrator of USAID, and acting Archivist of the United States since 2025. A Republican, he previously represented Florida in the U.S. Senate from 2011 to 2025 and ran for president in the 2016 Republican primaries.

The first Hispanic American to serve as US Secretary of State, Rubio was born in Miami to Cuban immigrants Mario Rubio Reina and Oriales (née García) Rubio. His first position in politics was serving as a city commissioner for West Miami before being elected to represent the 111th district in the Florida House of Representatives. He was elected speaker of the Florida House before rotating out of service due to term limits. In 2010, he was elected to the US Senate.

In 2016, Rubio launched a presidential campaign but was defeated in the Florida Republican Primary by Donald J. Trump. He then endorsed Trump for the general election and went on to advise the president during his first term, even as he served his role in the Senate. He was reelected to a third term by a landslide victory in 2022 before being called on to serve as Secretary of State in 2025.

Since being confirmed as Secretary of State, Rubio has enforced executive orders on behalf of President Trump regarding passport gender identification and a 90-day freeze on all foreign aid. Rubio is a staunch conservative, receiving a 98.7 score from the American Conservative Union based on his voting record in the Senate.

Rubio holds a pro-life position on abortion, is a supporter of immigration reform, is a supporter of Israel, is supportive of tax reform, and has expressed concern about lowering criminal penalties for drug offenses.

Rubio married Jeanette Dousdebes, a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader, in 1998 at a ceremony at the Church of the Little Flower. They have four children.

Is Marco Rubio religious?

Marco Rubio, who has attended an evangelical church and the Church of Latter Day Saints, returned to his Catholic roots after admitting a hunger for the Church's sacrament of Holy Communion. He has attributed his strength to his faith. During his confirmation, he said, "I want to end by thanking Almighty God and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That is truly the singular purpose of our lives. It's the most important priority. It's the only thing that will matter when we take our last breath on this Earth. But this is an extraordinary opportunity that would not have been possible without God's blessings."

During his last speech at the Florida State House in 2008, Rubio said, "God is real. I don't care what courts around the country say. I don't care what laws we pass. God is real! You can't pass a court ruling that is going to keep God out of the building. You just can't."

During a commencement speech at Liberty University, Rubio explained his thoughts on politics and religion: "Our faith should participate in our political lives, and it must, in order to protect our freedom to worship, to stand for truth — the truth that an unborn human being is a human being, the truth that every single human being born into this world is the product of a biological male and a biological female, (and) the truth that the family is the most important truth in society."

In his book, Rubio explains that he still visits the megachurch Christ Fellowship on Saturday nights and goes to St. Louis Catholic Church on Sundays. His children have received first Communion.