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Mar 26, 1953 Taipei 71 years old
18th and current United States Secretary of Transporation and 24th United States Secretary of Labor
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About Elaine Chao
- Elaine Lan Chao (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhào Xiaolán; born March 26, 1953) is an American politician who serves as the United States Secretary of Transportation, having assumed office on January 31, 2017.
- A member of the Republican Party, Chao was previously Secretary of Labor under President George W.
- Bush from 2001 to 2009. Born in Taipei to Chinese parents who had left mainland China following the Chinese Civil War, Chao immigrated to the United States at age 8.
- Her father founded the Foremost Group, which eventually became a major shipping corporation.
- Chao was raised on Long Island, New York and subsequently attended Mount Holyoke College and Harvard Business School.
- She worked for a number of financial institutions before being appointed to several senior positions in the Department of Transportation under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.
- W.
- Bush, including Deputy Secretary.
- She next served as Director of the Peace Corps.
- Chao was president of the United Way of America from 1992 to 1996.
- While not in government, Chao has served on several boards of directors and worked for The Heritage Foundation and the Hudson Institute, two conservative think-tanks.
- Chao served as Secretary of Labor for the duration of George W.
- Bush's presidency and serves as Secretary of Transportation under President Donald Trump.
- Chao was the first Asian American woman and the first Chinese American in U.S.
- history to be appointed to a President's Cabinet. Chao married Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 1993.
