Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano | |
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Napolitano in 2024 | |
| 20th President of the University of California System | |
| In office September 30, 2013 – August 1, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Yudof |
| Succeeded by | Michael V. Drake |
| 3rd United States Secretary of Homeland Security | |
| In office January 21, 2009 – September 6, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Jane Holl Lute Rand Beers (acting) |
| Preceded by | Michael Chertoff |
| Succeeded by | Jeh Johnson |
| 21st Governor of Arizona | |
| In office January 6, 2003 – January 21, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Jane Dee Hull |
| Succeeded by | Jan Brewer |
| 23rd Attorney General of Arizona | |
| In office January 4, 1999 – January 6, 2003 | |
| Governor | Jane Dee Hull |
| Preceded by | Grant Woods |
| Succeeded by | Terry Goddard |
| United States Attorney for the District of Arizona | |
| In office November 19, 1993 – November 1, 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Linda Akers |
| Succeeded by | Jose de Jesus Rivera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Janet Ann Napolitano November 29, 1957 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Santa Clara University (BS) University of Virginia (JD) |
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Janet Ann Napolitano (/nəpɒlɪˈtænoʊ/; born November 29, 1957) is an American politician and lawyer. She is on the faculty at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley since 2015.
Napolitano served as 20th president of the University of California from 2013 to 2020, as the United States secretary of homeland security under the first Obama administration from 2009 to 2013, as the 21st governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009, as the 23rd attorney general of Arizona from 1999 to 2003, and as the United States attorney for the District of Arizona from 1993 to 1997.
Forbes ranked her as the world's ninth most powerful woman in 2012 and eighth most powerful woman in 2013. She served as chairwoman of the National Governors Association for the 2006–2007 cycle. In 2008, she was listed by The New York Times as one of the women most likely to become the first female president of the United States. She sat on the bipartisan advisory board of States United Democracy Center. She was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.