54th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1960)
Deb Haaland
Official portrait, 2021
54th United States Secretary of the Interior
Incumbent
Assumed office March 16, 2021
President
Joe Biden
Deputy
Tommy Beaudreau Laura Daniel-Davis (acting)
Preceded by
David Bernhardt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's 1st district
In office January 3, 2019 – March 16, 2021
Preceded by
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Succeeded by
Melanie Stansbury
Chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party
In office April 25, 2015 – April 29, 2017
Preceded by
Sam Bregman
Succeeded by
Richard Ellenberg
Personal details
Born
Debra Anne Haaland
(1960-12-02) December 2, 1960 (age 63) Winslow, Arizona, U.S.
Nationality
American Laguna Pueblo
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Skip Sayre
(m. 2021)
Children
1
Education
University of New Mexico (BA, JD)
Signature
Deb Haaland's voice
Deb Haaland speaks on International Day of World's Indigenous Peoples Recorded August 9, 2021
Debra Anne Haaland (/ˈhɑːlənd/;[1] born December 2, 1960) is an American politician serving as the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior.[2] A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021 and as chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party from 2015 to 2017. Haaland is a Native American and is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe.
Haaland's congressional district included most of Albuquerque and most of its suburbs. Along with Sharice Davids, she is one of the first two Native American women elected to the U.S. Congress. She is a political progressive who supports the Green New Deal and Medicare for All.[3][4]
On December 17, 2020, then-President-elect Joe Biden announced that he would nominate Haaland to serve as Secretary of the Interior. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 15, 2021, by a vote of 51–40.[5] Following her swearing-in on March 16, she became the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary and the second to serve in the Cabinet, after Republican former vice president and Kaw Nation citizen Charles Curtis.[6][7]
^As pronounced by Haaland in her speech to the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
^"Secretary Deb Haaland". U.S. Department of the Interior. March 16, 2021.
^"Q&A: 1st Congressional District Candidate Debra Haaland". The Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^Connolly, Griffin (December 18, 2020). "AOC praises Biden's 'historic appointment' of first Native American to lead Interior Department". The Independent. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^Cite error: The named reference :6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Lakhani, Nina (March 15, 2021). "Deb Haaland confirmed as first Indigenous US cabinet secretary". The Guardian. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
^Chavez, Aliyah (March 16, 2021). "Deb Haaland swearing in details announced". Ict News. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
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