Tara Sweeney

Tara Sweeney
Katuk
Sweeney in 2018
13th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
In office
July 9, 2018 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byKevin K. Washburn
Succeeded byBryan Newland
Personal details
BornTara Katuk MacLean
(1973-07-28) July 28, 1973
PartyRepublican
SpouseMichael Sweeney
Children2
RelativesEileen MacLean (mother)
EducationCornell University (BS)

Tara MacLean Sweeney (born July 28, 1973) is an Iñupiat businesswoman and former political appointee who served as assistant secretary of the interior for Native American affairs from July 2018 to January 2021. Sweeney is an Alaska Native and previously served in the cabinet of Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski. In 2022, she unsuccessfully ran to represent Alaska in the United States House of Representatives. The election was won by Democrat Mary Peltola.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.