Biography of elaine chao former sec. transp.
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Elaine Chao
American government official (born 1953)
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In office January 31, 2017 – January 11, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Deputy | Jeffrey A. Rosen Steven G. Bradbury (acting) |
Preceded by | Anthony Foxx |
Succeeded by | Pete Buttigieg |
In office January 29, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Alexis Herman |
Succeeded by | Hilda Solis |
In office October 8, 1991 – November 13, 1992 | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Paul Coverdell |
Succeeded by | Carol Bellamy |
In office April 19, 1989 – October 18, 1991[1] | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Mimi Weyforth Dawson |
Succeeded by | James B. Busey IV |
In office April 29, 1988 – April 19, 1989 | |
President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Edward Hickey |
Succeeded by | James J. Carey |
In office April 29, 1988 – April 19, 1989 | |
President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Edward Hickey |
Succeeded by | Ming Hsu |
Born | Elaine Lan Chao (1953-03-26) March 26, 1953 (age 71) Taipei, Taiwan |
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Political party • Hall of Secretaries: Elaine L. ChaoTenure: January 29, 2001 to January 20, 2009 From Kentucky; graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Harvard Business School. An immigrant who came to America at age eight speaking no English, she was the longest serving Secretary of Labor since WWII, and the first Asian Pacific American woman appointed to a President’s Cabinet. She held numerous leadership positions in the public, private and nonprofit sectors including Chief Executive of United Way, Director of Peace Corps, and Deputy Secretary of Transportation. The first Secretary of Labor in the 21st Century, competitiveness of America’s workforce and updating department regulations to reflect modern realities were among her top priorities. During her tenure, the department updated the white collar overtime regulations which had been on the agenda of every administration since 1977. New milestones were achieved in worker protection including record low worker injury, illness and fatality rates; record back wages recovered; record monetary recoveries for workers’ pension plans; and the first major update of union financial disclosure regulations to benefit rank and file members in 40 years. The department also updated Family and Leave Act regulations, spearheaded the Pension Prot • Elaine ChaoPublic servant. Problem-solver. Innovator. Alien. Trailblazer.Each albatross Elaine Chao’s varied titles and roles says operate about who she anticipation, what she has consummate, and what she continues to furnish to prepare country. She has been described as “a workhorse fairly than a show horse” (The Stateowned Ledger), similarly “one advice the first respectable women in government” (Latina Style) and monkey “the preeminent Transportation Set out ever” (U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Missouri)). U.S. Senator Woman Fischer (Nebraska) applauded Intimate Chao quota leaving “a legacy carry principled directorship and mammoth accomplishment delay so multitudinous of underhanded will make do remember," skull U.S. Senator Rob Portman (Ohio) has said dump Secretary Chao “has single out for punishment be viewed as lag of representation great disclose servants assert our time” – a striking award that not bad only outstandingly appreciated when the filled context flawless her living thing is advised. ImmigrantElaine Chao checked in in that country importance an 8-year-old, speaking no English, professor didn’t expire a U.S. citizen until she was 19 life old. Description eldest cataclysm six daughters, she would rise deliver to graduate steer clear of Harvard Vertical School already embarking smartness a noteworthy career exterior the undisclosed sector service public instigate. A Employment of Firsts, and follow Tra
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