21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office April 28, 2009 – June 9, 2014
President
Barack Obama
Deputy
Bill Corr
Preceded by
Mike Leavitt
Succeeded by
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
44th Governor of Kansas
In office January 13, 2003 – April 28, 2009
Lieutenant
John E. Moore Mark Parkinson
Preceded by
Bill Graves
Succeeded by
Mark Parkinson
23rd Kansas Insurance Commissioner
In office January 9, 1995 – January 13, 2003
Governor
Bill Graves
Preceded by
Ronald L. Todd
Succeeded by
Sandy Praeger
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 56th district
In office 1987–1995
Preceded by
Judith C. Runnels
Succeeded by
Nancy Kirk
Personal details
Born
Kathleen Gilligan
(1948-05-15) May 15, 1948 (age 76) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
K. Gary Sebelius
(m. 1974)
Children
2
Parent
John J. Gilligan (father)
Relatives
Keith Sebelius (father-in-law)
Education
Trinity Washington University (BA) University of Kansas (MPA)
Kathleen Sebelius (/sɪˈbiːliəs/; née Gilligan, born May 15, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014. As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sebelius was instrumental in overseeing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Before becoming secretary, she served as the 44th governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the second woman to hold that office. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Sebelius was the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address[1] and is chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors Association (she was its first female chair).[2] She is CEO of Sebelius Resources LLC.
^"Response to the 2008 State of the Union address". CNN. January 29, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
^"Sebelius Elected Chair of Democratic Governors Association; Kansas Governor Becomes First Woman to Lead DGA – 13 WTHR Indianapolis". Wthr.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
of Sebelius's time in high school and served one term in Congress. Her father was elected governor of Ohio when Sebelius was 21 years old. Sebelius worked...
Democratic Governor KathleenSebelius, who sported high approval ratings ran for re-election to serve a second and final term. Governor Sebelius was unopposed...
Keith George Sebelius was born on September 10, 1916, in Norton, Kansas to Carl Sebelius, who died when he was seven, and Minnie Sebelius. He grew up in...
State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Health and Human Services KathleenSebelius said: Although these events occurred more than 64 years ago, we are...
Commissioner KathleenSebelius, the Democratic nominee, ran against Kansas State Treasurer Tim Shallenburger, the Republican nominee, with Sebelius defeating...
Bush, Patti Davis, Soleil Moon Frye, Rosalynn Carter, Susan Collins, KathleenSebelius, Barbara Mikulski, and Joe Biden. In 2014, The Shriver Report: A Woman's...
term as governor by Kansas state law, and was succeeded by Democrat KathleenSebelius in January 2003. Serving with him as lieutenant governor were Sheila...
Sebelius is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: KathleenSebelius (born 1948), American politician Keith Sebelius (1916–1982), American...
Commissioner Raymond Kelly, former Secretary of Health and Human Services KathleenSebelius, and former Treasurer of Australia Josh Frydenberg. Other notable...
Kaine and KathleenSebelius, but Obama ultimately decided to select Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. Obama would later name Sebelius as his...
introduced Kansas Governor KathleenSebelius as his choice to fill the office of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sebelius was confirmed by the United...
to be the next secretary of health and human services, succeeding KathleenSebelius, who had announced her resignation the day before. At the time of...
ticket with Sebelius. Parkinson's business experience and track record of working with both Republicans and Democrats were the reasons Sebelius stated for...
Retrieved August 22, 2023. "KathleenSebelius". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 28, 2023. "KathleenSebelius (2003-2009)". State Library...
Morell (Acting) U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) Preceded by KathleenSebelius as Former US Cabinet Member Order of precedence of the United States...
Sales Tax" was adopted on October 1, 2005, under the governorship of KathleenSebelius. Groceries are subject to sales tax in the state. All sales tax collected...
March 24 by voice vote. On March 2, Obama introduced Kansas governor KathleenSebelius as his second choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services. He...
Wuerl criticized the university for inviting pro-abortion rights KathleenSebelius to be a commencement speaker. In August 2013, religious groups denounced...
of Representatives. O'Reilly said he would not want to be Tiller, KathleenSebelius, and other pro-abortion rights Kansas politicians "if there is a judgment...
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