Famous People with Name Melquiades

Melquíades Rafael Martínez Ruiz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Melquíades Rafael Martínez Ruiz: is a former United States Senator from Florida and served as Chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007, the first Latino to serve as chairman of a major party. Previously, Martínez served as the 12th Secretary of Housing a

Melquiades Rojas Medrano            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Melquiades Rojas Medrano: was a pitcher with a 10 year career from 1990 to 1999. He played for the Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League and the Detroit Tigers of the American League. His best season was in 1992, when he posted a 7-1 record in 68 relief appearances. Rojas had an amazing 1.43 ERA in 100.2 innings, and a WHIP of 1.043. He primarily was the set up man for closer John Wetteland (37 saves in 1992), but Rojas was able to accumulate 10 saves that season.

Fernando Elias Melquiades            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Fernando Elias Melquiades: is a politician Brazil . He was mayor of San Jose for 2005 to 2008 . In March 2008, was temporarily removed from office for alleged involvement in irregularities in the concession contract for garbage collection and disposal Engepasa with the company. In August 2008 was ordered to pay U.S. $ 1,113,974.47 for electioneering irregular and untimely, fine reduced to R $ 53,205.00 in July 2009 . In the municipal elections in 2008 was ranked fourth