Biography donna e shalala
Donna Shalala
Donna Shalala | |
|---|---|
| In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
| Succeeded by | Maria Elvira Salazar |
| In office March 6, 2015 – April 25, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Bruce Lindsey |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Thurm |
| In office June 1, 2001 – August 16, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Edward T. Foote II |
| Succeeded by | Julio Frenk |
| In office January 22, 1993 – January 20, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Louis Wade Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | Tommy Thompson |
| In office January 1, 1988 – January 22, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Cecil Cohen |
| Succeeded by | David Ward |
| Born | Donna Edna Shalala (1941-02-14) February 14, 1941 (age 83) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Western College (BA) Syracuse University (MA, PhD) |
Donna Edna Shalala (shə-LAY-lə; born February 14, 1941) is an American politician. She was the United States representative of Florida's 27th congressional district from January 3, 2019 to January 3, 2021.
She served as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.[1] She was the president of the University of Miami, a private university in Coral Gables, Florida, from 2001 through 2015.
In August 2018, she became the Democratic nominee for Florida's 27th Congressional District. She won the general election on November 6, 2018. She lost her re-election in 2020 to Republican Maria Elvira Salazar.