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Elaine Lan Chao (born March 26, 1953) is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States Secretary of Transportation in the administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Chao was the first Asian American woman to serve in a ...
Jan 7, 2021 · Elaine's mother, Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, died in 2007. Dr. Chao and the Chao family foundation donated $40 million to Harvard to fund the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center, which was completed in 2016 .
Feb 28, 2024 · Elaine Chao and Donald Trump at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. on April 11, 2017. Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty. Trump appointed Chao as his transportation secretary ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Elaine L. Chao became the first Asian-American woman to serve in a Cabinet-level position when George W. Bush appointed her Secretary of Labor in 2001.
Oct 14, 2022 · Elaine Chao tells Jan. 6 committee why she resigned from the Trump administration 01:41. The ninth and likely final public final hearing from the House Jan. 6 select committee took place on ...
Jan 26, 2023 · Elaine Chao issues rare rebuke of Trump over his racist attacks on her Chao issued a statement after several high-profile shootings targeting Asian Americans. Elaine Chao in Washington on June 7 ...
Oct 3, 2022 · Former President Donald Trump's racist comment about his former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's wife, has drawn sharp criticism from some on ...
Mar 3, 2021 · Elaine Chao, his eldest daughter, who was raised in and around New York City, has been prominent in Republican politics for decades, including an eight-year term as labor secretary under President ...
Jan 7, 2021 · Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced she is resigning, citing the "traumatic and entirely avoidable" violence at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Her resignation will be effective next Monday.
Jan 29, 2001 · Portrait Artist: Chen Yanning. Tenure: January 29, 2001 to January 20, 2009. From Kentucky; graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Harvard Business School. An immigrant who came to America at age eight speaking no English, she was the longest serving Secretary of Labor since WWII, and the first Asian Pacific American woman appointed to a President’s Cabinet.
