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Elaine Chao | |||||||||||
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趙小蘭 | |||||||||||
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| 18th United States Secretary of Transportation | |||||||||||
| In office January 31, 2017 – January 11, 2021 | |||||||||||
| President | Donald Trump | ||||||||||
| Deputy | Jeffrey A. Rosen Steven G. Bradbury | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Anthony Foxx | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Pete Buttigieg | ||||||||||
| 24th United States Secretary of Labor | |||||||||||
| In office January 29, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | |||||||||||
| President | George W. Bush | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Alexis Herman | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hilda Solis | ||||||||||
| 12th Director of the Peace Corps | |||||||||||
| In office October 8, 1991 – November 13, 1992 | |||||||||||
| President | George H. W. Bush | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Paul Coverdell | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Carol Bellamy | ||||||||||
| United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation | |||||||||||
| In office April 19, 1989 – October 8, 1991 | |||||||||||
| President | George H. W. Bush | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mimi Weyforth Dawson | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | James B. Busey IV | ||||||||||
| Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission | |||||||||||
| In office April 29, 1988 – April 19, 1989 | |||||||||||
| President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Edward Hickey | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | James Carey | ||||||||||
| Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission | |||||||||||
| In office April 29, 1988 – April 19, 1989 | |||||||||||
| President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Edward Hickey | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ming Hsu | ||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||
| Born | Elaine Lan Chao March 26, 1953 Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Political party | Republican | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | |||||||||||
| Parents | James S. C. Chao Ruth Mulan Chu Chao | ||||||||||
| Education | Mount Holyoke College (BA) Harvard University (MBA) | ||||||||||
| Net worth | $24 million[1] | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 趙小蘭 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 赵小兰 | ||||||||||
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Elaine Lan Chao-McConnell (趙小蘭; born March 26, 1953)[2] is an American politician. She was the 18th United States Secretary of Transportation from January 31, 2017 to January 11, 2021 during the Donald Trump administration.
She served as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, and Deputy Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush. She was the first Asian-American woman and the first Taiwanese American in U.S. history to be appointed to a U.S. president's cabinet.[3]
- ↑ Peterson-Withorn, Chase (December 22, 2016). "Here's What Each Member Of Trump's $4.5 Billion Cabinet Is Worth". Forbes.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
- ↑ "Press Briefing by Administration Officials on American Competitiveness Initiative", (February 1, 2006), retrieved February 25, 2009