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'''Ernest Jeffrey Moniz''', [[Order of Prince Henry|GCIH]]<ref name="Presidente recebeu Secretário de Energia norte-americano Ernest Moniz">{{cite news |url=http://www.presidencia.pt/?idc=10&idi=95254 |title=Presidente recebeu Secretário de Energia norte-americano Ernest Moniz |work=[[President of Portugal]] |location= Lisbon |date=July 10, 2015 |access-date=July 10, 2015}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|m|oʊIPA|npt|iːmuˈniʃ|zlang}};<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2016/04/07/moniz|title = Energy Secretary Moniz will give graduation address|last = Krapfl|first = Anne|date = April 7, 2016|work = Inside Iowa State|publisher = [[Iowa State University]]|access-date = July 31, 2019}}</ref> born December 22, 1944) is an American [[Nuclear physics|nuclear physicist]] and former government official. From May 2013 to January 2017, he served as the 13th [[United States Secretary of Energy|United States secretary of Energyenergy]] in the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama Administrationadministration]]. Prior to this, Moniz served as associate director for science in the [[Office of Science and Technology Policy]] in the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States]] from 1995 to 1997 and [[Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and EnvironmentInfrastructure|undersecretary of energy]] from 1997 to 2001 during the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton Administrationadministration]]. He is currently the co-chair and CEO of the [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]] (NTI),<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nti.org/about/leadership-and-staff/ | title=Leadership and Staff|publisher = NTI|access-date= July 3, 2021}}</ref> as well as president and CEO of the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI), a nonprofit organization working on climate and energy technology issues, which he co-founded in 2017.<ref name="EFI">{{cite web|url= https://energyfuturesinitiative.org/news/2017/6/20/ernest-moniz-introduces-the-energy-futures-initiative|title = Ernest Moniz Introduces the Energy Futures Initiative|date = June 21, 2017|publisher = Energy Futures Initiative|access-date= July 3, 2021}}</ref>

Moniz was born in 1944 in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], the son of Georgina (Pavão) Moniz and Ernest Perry Moniz, both of whom were [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] immigrants from [[São Miguel Island]], [[Azores]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ojornal.com/portuguese-brazilian-news/2013/03/obama-to-name-portuguese-american-scientist-to-head-energy-department/#axzz2Mf74deOw | title =Obama to name Fall River Native to head Energy Department | publisher =ojornal.com | year =2013 | access-date =March 5, 2013}}</ref> He graduated from [[B.M.C. Durfee High School|Durfee High School]] in Fall River in 1962, where he was a member of the [[National Honor Society]] and was the president of the school's math club.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19970806/NEWS/308069995&template=printart | title =Durfee grad nominated to energy post | publisher =southcoasttoday.com | author1 =Carol Lee Costa-Crowell |author2=Lurdes da Silva | date =August 6, 1997 | access-date =February 24, 2013}}</ref> After graduating from high school, Moniz attended [[Boston College]], where he received his [[Bachelor of Science]] {{Lang|la|summa cum laude}} in [[physics]]. In 1972, he received his [[Master of Science]] and [[Ph.D.]] degrees in [[theoretical physics]] from [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://energy.gov/contributors/dr-ernest-moniz | title =Department of Energy "About Us" | publisher =energy.gov |year =2013 | access-date =December 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://gcep.stanford.edu/events/symposium/symposium2005/keynote.html | title =Events GCEP Research Symposium 2005 Keynote Speakers Prof. Freeman Dyson Prof. Ernest Moniz Prof. David Victor | publisher =stanford.edu | year =2005 | access-date =February 24, 2013 | archive-date =October 14, 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131014163411/http://gcep.stanford.edu/events/symposium/symposium2005/keynote.html | url-status =dead }}</ref>

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