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Jay Kenneth Katzen (born August 23, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Republican politician from the state of Virginia. He is a graduate of Princeton University (1958) and Yale University (1959) and served presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower through George H.W. Bush. His positions included White House translator and U.S. representative to the United Nations.

From 1994 to 2001, Katzen was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and in 2001 ran against Timothy M. Kaine for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Kaine won with 50.4% of the vote and went on to be elected Governor of Virginia in 2005. In 2002, he was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Virginia's Ninth Congressional District, although he lost to Rick Boucher.

Currently, Katzen is president of the Victims of Communism Memorial Fund in Washington, DC.

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