Janet Ann Napolitano

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Janet Ann Napolitano

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Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
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Daughter of Leonard Michael Napolitano and Jane Napolitano
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Managed by: James William Becker
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About Janet Ann Napolitano

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Napolitano

Janet Ann Napolitano (/nəpɒlɪˈtænoʊ/;[1] born November 29, 1957) is an American politician, lawyer, and university administrator who served as the 21st Governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009 and United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 to 2013, under President Barack Obama. She has been president of the University of California system since September 2013, shortly after she resigned as Secretary of Homeland Security.

Prior to her election as governor, she served as Attorney General of Arizona from 1999 to 2003. She was the first woman and the 23rd person to serve in that office. Napolitano is the 1977 Truman Scholar from New Mexico.

She has been the first woman to serve in several offices, including Attorney General of Arizona, Secretary of Homeland Security, and president of the University of California.

Forbes ranked her as the world's ninth most powerful woman in 2012.[2] In 2008, she was cited by The New York Times to be among the women most likely to become the first female President of the United States.[3] Some political commentators had suggested a possible candidacy in the 2016 election.[4][5] She was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.[6]

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Janet Ann Napolitano's Timeline

1957
November 29, 1957
New York, New York, United States